Building trust in primary school leadership : the role of organisational justice
Davis, Grant (2023)
Davis, Grant
2023
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-202303244104
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-202303244104
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Organisational justice components offer critical insight into effective leadership and its implications on employee attitudes, behaviours, and perceptions of trust. This research study investigates the relationship between trust and justice constructs in an international primary school environment with a focus on the procedural, distributive and interactional elements of organisational justice. Utilising the theoretical frameworks that echo the importance of these justices in promoting organisational commitment, the study seeks to uncover the factors that contribute to successful leadership practises and how these evoke trust in current and future decision-making.
This study involves a qualitative research format, using semi-structured appreciative interviews from 12 primary teacher participants, to draw on their perceptions of what is currently successful or envisioned for further growth in the organisation. References to participants’ personal information have been omitted and the name of the organisation has been kept confidential to ensure anonymity. Inductive thematic analysis was used to develop themes from the data set. These were: Allocation of outcomes, fair and transparent decision-making processes, collegiality, inclusive practises, leadership attributes and information access.
Findings revealed that to build trust in a leader’s decisions, it is important to focus on transparency, open communication, careful timing and presentation of information. Additionally, promoting equity in timetables, defining the organisation’s purpose, and extending opportunities to collaborate can enhance reciprocity and commitment behaviours. However, it is the execution of a decision and how a leader engages with employees that showed significant contribution from the justices. The study’s recommendations highlight the importance of both organisational justice and overall justice in shaping positive perceptions of trust. Together, these offered a more thorough comprehension of the role of justice in fostering trust.
This study involves a qualitative research format, using semi-structured appreciative interviews from 12 primary teacher participants, to draw on their perceptions of what is currently successful or envisioned for further growth in the organisation. References to participants’ personal information have been omitted and the name of the organisation has been kept confidential to ensure anonymity. Inductive thematic analysis was used to develop themes from the data set. These were: Allocation of outcomes, fair and transparent decision-making processes, collegiality, inclusive practises, leadership attributes and information access.
Findings revealed that to build trust in a leader’s decisions, it is important to focus on transparency, open communication, careful timing and presentation of information. Additionally, promoting equity in timetables, defining the organisation’s purpose, and extending opportunities to collaborate can enhance reciprocity and commitment behaviours. However, it is the execution of a decision and how a leader engages with employees that showed significant contribution from the justices. The study’s recommendations highlight the importance of both organisational justice and overall justice in shaping positive perceptions of trust. Together, these offered a more thorough comprehension of the role of justice in fostering trust.