The mediatory role of employees participation in the relationship between Transformational leadership and readiness for organizational change

The purpose of this study is to analyze the mediatory role of employees participation in explaining Relationship between transformational leadership and readiness for organizational change. Concerning its purpose, the study is practical and considerate the data collection procedure it is a descriptive correlation study. The population of the study includes Office of Education Kurdistan and Office of Education Region 1 and 2 in Sanandaj. Using a classified random sampling a sample of 170 employees selected and studied. The instruments used were the Transformational leadership Questionnaire (Bass & Avolio, 1997), Employee participation Questionnaire (researcher-made) and readiness for organizational change Questionnaire (Dunham et al, 1989), that their validity and reliability were confirmed. Data were analyzed using Pearson's correlation test, multiple regression analysis and Path analysis. The results showed that there was significant positive correlation between transformational leadership and readiness to change; there was significant positive correlation between transformational leadership and employee participation; and there was significant positive correlation between employee participation and readiness for organizational change. The results of path analysis showed that two components sharing information and participation in decision making have Mediating role in the relationship between the components of idealized influence, intellectual stimulation and individualized consideration with readiness for organizational change.