Abstract:

Purpose - The main purpose of this study is to determine the mediation role of ethical leadership practices in the relationship between the teachers' procedural perceptions of justice and organizational identities. Method - The examples of the study consist of 721 teachers working in 417 state schools that are providing education in the provinces of Istanbul, Kadıköy, Maltepe, Ataşehir, Üsküdar. In this study using the random sampling method, the data, demographic characteristics, organizational justice perception (procedural justice perception), ethical leadership and organizational identification scales are expressed using the survey form collected in the 2018-2019 educational year. The data collected was analyzed using SPSS and AMOS (YEM) package programs. The validity and reliability of the scales used in the study were tested accordingly by the AFA and the Confirming Factor Analysis (DFA). The hypotheses identified in the study were tested with correlation and structural equality model. Results - The findings obtained after analyses have found that the perception of procedural justice has a positive impact on ethical leadership and organizational identification, while the result is that ethical leadership has a positive impact on organizational identification. It is also seen that ethical leadership has a full intermediate role in the relationship between the perception of procedural justice and organizational identity. Debate is the most valuable capital that an organization has. Therefore, what the procedures and practices within the organization are and how they are carried out are important in terms of the well-being, peace and attitude and behavior of employees towards the organization. Both the fairness of the operation and the ethical behavior of the managers are a pioneer for the organizational identity that they will establish with the organizations of the workers. Therefore, the organizational managers must act systematically with a comprehensive perspective.

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