Organizational Trust: Its Relationship to Trust in Leadership as Perceived by Teachers in the City Schools Division of Meycauayan
Author: Ramos, Mary Jennifer J.
Date: 2019-11-00
Type: Reports - Research
Subjects: Organizational Culture,Foreign Countries,Trust (Psychology),Instructional Leadership,Teacher Attitudes,Teacher Administrator Relationship,Administrator Characteristics,Integrity,Leadership Qualities,Caring,Coaching (Performance),Justice,Reputation

The main problem of this study is to determine the relationship of organizational trust to the level of trust in leadership as perceived by teachers in the City Schools Division of Meycauayan for the school year 2019-2020. Specifically, the study examined the following: (1) administrator characteristics and predisposition of personnel; (2) level of trust in leadership; (3) relationship between organizational trust and the level of trust in leadership; and, (4) management intervention based on the findings. The study used the descriptive method of research. A standardized survey questionnaire from the manual of Burke, Sims, Lazzara, and Salas' Trust in Leadership Multi-level Review and Integration (2007) was utilized. The findings were: (1) The administrator characteristics consist of ability, benevolence, and integrity. The overall verbal interpretation is A or agree. Predisposition of personnel consists of propensity to trust, attribution style, perceived risk, and leadership prototype. The overall verbal interpretation is A or agree; (2) The level of trust in leadership consists of communication, learning, performance, turnover, and willingness to follow. The overall verbal interpretation is CE or considerable extent; (3) There is a significant relationship between trust in leadership and organizational trust; and (4) The management intervention proposed was that of Starnes, Truhon, and McCarthy (2011). The conclusions are: (1) The teachers in the City Schools Division of Meycauayan agree that their administrators possess ability, benevolence, and integrity and the respondents agree that they possess the predisposition of personnel; (2) The teachers in the City Schools Division of Meycauayan trust their administrators to a considerable extent; (3) There is a significant relationship between organizational trust and trust in leadership; and (4) The management intervention proposed was leading a culture of organizational trust by Starnes, Truhon, and McCarthy (2011). The researcher recommends to: (1) Use the organizing framework of competence, benevolence, and integrity of this study to clarify issues of trust in your educational institution; (2) Set a clear, compelling direction; (3) Create an enabling structure; (4) Provide expert coaching; (5) Continue to genuinely care about your personnel; (6) Maintain the cultivated trust of your personnel; (7) Reciprocate the care and concern of your subordinates; (8) Continue to provide coaching; (9) Promote justice; (10) Adhere to a set of principles that your personnel find acceptable; (11) Maintain a good leader reputation; (12) Invest on your personnel trust; and (13) Future researches may consider alternative methodologies and design a more enhanced survey questionnaire.