The Mediating Role of School Culture in the Relationship Between Organizational Justice and Leader-Member Exchange
Aypay A. Akyürek M.İ. Yakut-Özek B. Sincer S. Demirhan G.
2026Routledge
Leadership and Policy in Schools
2026
Schools are interactive structures where many dynamics coexist. The interaction of each dynamic in this structure with the others is also an important factor affecting the effectiveness and quality of the educational organization. In this study, we focused on the dynamics influencing the school. In this line, this study aims to examine the mediating role of school culture in the relationship between organizational justice and leader-member exchange. The study employed a correlational design to investigate the relationships among the study variables. We gathered data from 429 teachers with various characteristics to test the model. We tested four hypotheses in the study and obtained the following results: (1) Perceived organizational justice has a positive effect on leader-member exchange, (2) Organizational justice positively affects and enhances school culture, (3) School culture contributes positively to leader-member exchange and enhances the quality of communication, (4) School culture mediates the relationship between organizational justice and leader-member exchange. The results highlight that strengthening the organizational culture of schools and increasing teachers’ perceptions of justice will positively contribute to the effectiveness and quality of schools.
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Graduate School of Education, Nazarbayev University, Astana, Kazakhstan
Faculty of Education, Selcuk University, Konya, Turkey
Educational Administrator, Ministry of National Education, Ankara, Turkey
School of Foreign Languages, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
Faculty of Education, Uşak University, Uşak, Turkey
Graduate School of Education
Faculty of Education
Educational Administrator
School of Foreign Languages
Faculty of Education
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