The impact of leadership styles and organizational trust on innovative work behaviors: An empirical study

The aim of this study is to examine the impact of perceived democratic leadership and managerial leadership on organizational trust and its sub-dimensions (trust in supervisor, trust in co-workers and trust in organization) and innovative work behaviour and its sub-dimensions. This study also investigates the impact of organizational trust and its sub-dimensions on innovative work behaviour and its sub-dimensions (idea exploration, idea generation, idea development, and idea implementation). At the same time, it is to make suggestions based on the results. The sample of the study consists of teachers working in the Ministry of National Education throughout Turkey. The questionnaire form created for data collection was distributed to participator in the research sample. The data were collected from 515 participants. The data were analysed with SPSS 25.0. statistical software. Correlation and regression methods were used in the analyses. Results of the study showed that democratic leadership and managerial leadership have a significant and positive impact on organizational trust. The results also revealed that democratic leadership and organizational trust have a significant and positive impact on innovative work behaviour. However, it is found that the managerial leadership hasn't significant impact on innovative work behaviour. According to this result, it is recommended to practitioners that they should exhibit appropriate leadership towards to their subordinates and they should improve the organizational trust and to develop innovative work behaviour of the employees in the organizations.