The Mediating role of Organizational Justice in the Relationship between Transformational Leadership and Succession Planning in Higher Education (Case study: Kharazmi University)

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Kharazmi University

2 Payame Noor University

3 Ilam University

Abstract
Abstract
The aim of the present study was to investigate the mediating role of organizational justice in the relationship between transformational leadership and succession planning in higher education. The research method was descriptive correlational. The statistical population of this study included all administrators (200 people) of Kharazmi University were selected by convenience sampling method. For data collection were used the three Questionnaire of succession planning (Kim, 2006), Bass & Avolio (2004) transformational leadership, and organizational justice (Niehoff, and Moorman1993). Data analysis was done by using structural equation modeling in AMOS And Spss-22 software. The results of structural equation modeling showed that the conceptual model of research with experimental data fits very well and organizational justice plays the role of a complete mediator in the relationship between transformational leadership and succession planning. Accordingly, the variable relationship between transformational leadership and succession planning through organizational justice was confirmed in the form of path analysis. Thus, the variable of organizational justice showed a facilitating role in the relationship between leadership and transformational leadership and succession planning. Also, the leading variable of transformational leadership had a direct and positive effect on the succession planning of administrators. It can be concluded from the results of the study that organizational justice in the university has a facilitating role in the development of succession planning programs. Thus, by adopting a transformational leadership approach at the university, organizational justice will be established at the university, and eventually the process of succession planning will be upgraded and developed.

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