M.A. Thesis:

the relationship between ethical leadership and organizational innovation by mediation of organizational trust

The present study examine The relationship between ethical leadership and organizational innovation by mediation of organizational trust in Tax organization Khorasan Razavi. The method of research is descriptive and its type is correlation with an emphasis on structural equations. The population consisted of all employees in Tax organization Khorasan Razavi (1200 persons) that 291 peoples were selected using on cochrane formula based.That sample was selected by Stratified sampling. The data was collected through ethical leadership De ¬Hoogh & Den ¬Hartog, organizational innovation by Hongming et al, organizational trust by Ellonen et al questionnaires. To evaluate validity and reliability of the questionnaires we used Cronbach Alpha coefficient The Kolmogorov-Smirnov, Pearson correlation and structural equation modeling (SEM) was used for data analyzing. The results showed that:1) There is a significant and Positive relationship between the ethical leadership and organizational innovation. 2) There is a significant and Negative relationship between the ethical leadership and organizational trust. 3) There is a significant and Positive relationship between the organizational trust and organizational innovation. 4) organizational trust playing a mediating role in relationship between ethical leadership and organizational innovation.

Keywords: : ethical leadership organizational innovation, organizational trust