Mediation Effect of Organizational Justice on Relationship between Transformational Leadership and Job Satisfaction of Middle School Teachers in Anyang City Under Henan Province

Abstract

          The research problems of this research were: 1) Does the Model of transformational leadership effect on teachers’ job satisfaction mediating by organizational justice of middle schools in Anyang city under Henan Province? 2) How transformational leadership effect on teachers’ job satisfaction, while taking into account some related variable such as organizational justice?

The objectives of this research were: 1) To propose the model of administrators’ transformational leadership effect on teachers’ job satisfaction mediating by organizational justice of middle schools in Anyang city under Henan Province, and 2) To decompose administrators’ transformational leadership effect on teachers’ job satisfaction and organizational justice of middle schools in Anyang city under Henan Province.
          The research design adopted a quantitative research method. The population consisted of 4,040 middle school teachers in Anyang City, Henan Province. A stratified random sampling method was used to select 372 teachers as the sample. The data collection tool was a Likert scale-based questionnaire. Data were analyzed using means, standard deviation, confirmatory factor analysis, and structural equation model.
          The research findings revealed that :1) The model consisted of three factors: transformational leadership, teacher job satisfaction, and organizational justice. They were valid able and reliable, and the model fit well with empirical data, and 2) Transformational leadership had a positive effect on teachers' job satisfaction and organizational justice. The decomposed effect was statistically significant.
          The conclusions were 1) Transformational leadership and organizational justice had direct effect on job satisfaction of middle school teachers and 2) Transformational leadership has indirect effect on teachers’ job satisfaction via organizational justice of middle schools in Anyang city under Henan Province.