Confirmatory Factor Analysis of Employee Trust Scale

Abstract

ABSTRACT

Developing Employees’ Trust in Management Through Ethical Leadership

“…Seok et al (2014) identified factors contributing to employee trust: status privileges, competency, benevolence, workerleader relationships, and department head integrity. In their subsequent study, Seok et al (2015) emphasized competency, integrity, and work relationships as crucial elements affecting trust. Hill and Lineback (2019) argue that trust is built on managerial competency, technical knowledge, operational expertise, and political acumen.…”

“…Building organizational trust is fundamental to successful leadership, involving trust between leaders and employees and among peers. Leaders play a pivotal role in fostering this trust, with studies by Seok et al (2015), Norman et al (2010), Farmanesh andZargar (2023), andIslam et al (2020) emphasizing the importance of competence, positivity, integrity, and transparency in leaders. Ethical leadership, as suggested by Javed et al (2018) and Zhang et al (2018), significantly influences employees' trust, prompting investigations into its impact on trust levels within different organizational settings.…”

“…Employing an assessment and correlational research design, the study encompassed the employee population of the Divine Word College of Laoag through a comprehensive surveying process. The data collection instruments comprised rigorously validated questionnaires sourced from reputable studies by Yukl et al (2013) andSeok et al (2015).The findings revealed a notably high perception of ethical leadership and a strong level of trust among employees towards management. Moreover, the correlation coefficient analysis indicated a significant and positive relationship between ethical leadership and employees' trust in management.…”

“…Employing an assessment and correlational research design, the study encompassed the employee population of the Divine Word College of Laoag through a comprehensive surveying process. The data collection instruments comprised rigorously validated questionnaires sourced from reputable studies by Yukl et al (2013) andSeok et al (2015).…”

The Effect of Managerial Competencies on Employees’ Trust in the Management

“…Serrat (2017) recommends several factors that management needs to do to develop the trust of employees toward management such as presenting a clear and attainable vision to the employees, living the values of the organization through their own lives, establishing an atmosphere of trust in the organization, decisions must be based on factual and objective data, and compensation must be based on merits. Seok, et al (2015) have also identified three dimensions of trust of employees toward the management namely trust in management competency, trust in management integrity, and trust in the working relationship. T rust in management competency refers to employees' trust in management's ability to carry out their tasks.…”