The Impact of Manager’s Lean Leadership Skills on Readiness for Change in Public Sector with the Mediating Role of Organizational Trust

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Department of Management, Kerman Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kerman, Iran

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The aim of this research is to determine the mediating role of organizational trust on the relationship between manager’s lean leadership skills and readiness for change in public sector. This research is correlational descriptive that has been done through the survey method. Statistical population has been consisted of employees in selected public organizations of Kerman city and number of 326 people have been selected as sample. Data gathering tools were lean leadership skills questionnaire of Liker and Convis (2012), organizational trust questionnaire of Ellonen et al (2008) and readiness change questionnaire of Graham (2006) which validity and reliability of them have been approved. Descriptive and inferential statistical (structural equation modeling) have been used to analyze the data by SPSS and Amos software. The findings of the research indicated that the suggested model has appropriate fit, and manager’s lean leadership skills beyond its direct impact, exerts indirect impact on readiness for change through the mediation role of organizational trust, also the mediating role of organizational trust on the relationship between manager’s lean leadership skills and readiness for change was confirmed.

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Organizational Behaviour Studies Quarterly
Volume 9, Issue 4 - Serial Number 36
December 2020
Pages 69-94

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