The Effect of Ethical Leadership on Organizational Adaptive Capacity(The Case Study: Employees of Tabriz University)

One of the fundamental issues in organizations is the adaptive capacity. Therefore، the present study aims at assessing the adaptive capacity of employees to test its relationship with ethical leadership. The method of research was survey and the measuring tool was a closed questionnaire. The population consisted of 716 employees of Tabriz University in 2012 from which 239 employees were selected through Cochran formula and stratified random sampling method in relation to the levels of their classes. According to the results of regression analysis، the influence of role clarity، orientation of people، ethical conduction and ethical leadership construct was respectively significant on the dependent variable (the organizational adaptive capacity) and these variables could explain 63% of variations in the dependent variable.