The Impact of Department Heads' Leadership in Fostering a Culture of Trust at University: Perception on Organizational Fairness

Abstract

This research aims to create a strategy for advancing organizational fairness. It investigates potential influences on a university's organizational fairness using trust culture as the independent variable and department head leadership as a variable. Data were put together via an online survey sent to academics and personnel at Gyeonggi-do's 4-year E-University from October to November 2021. One hundred eighteen samples were used in this investigation. To validate multicollinearity and verify the validity of the relationships between the variables, frequency analyses, descriptive statistical evaluation, and correlational analysis were performed as part of the analysis approach. Furthermore, a hierarchical regression analysis was carried out to confirm the importance of department head leadership and the university's trust culture in the perception of organizational fairness. Furthermore, a four-step analysis method was suggested to verify the department head leadership's mediating influence. The study's findings, which looked at the department head's mediating role as a parameter among trust culture and organizational fairness perception of universities, revealed that trust culture had a significant association with organizational fairness and department head leadership. Furthermore, it was established that there was a significant association among organizational fairness and the department head's perceived leadership. Examining the connections among trust culture, department head leadership, and organizational fairness, it was established that perceptions of organizational fairness increased with trust culture.