The effect of ethical leadership and organizational trust on job motivation with the role of modifier of general self-efficacy (Case study: Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province Water and Sewerage Company)

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of ethical leadership and organizational trust on job motivation with the role of modifier of general selfefficacy. The present research is applied in terms of purpose and in terms of research method is among the descriptive survey research. The information was collected through library and field methods. To measure the variables, multiple-choice questions from the Elias et al.20 Standard Questionnaire (2020) including the variables of ethical leadership (questions 1-10), organizational trust (questions 11-22) and self-efficacy (questions 23-30) and the standard Hackman Job Motivation Questionnaire. And Oldham (1975) included (Questions 31-45) and used the five-point Likert scale. The statistical population in this study was 300 employees of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province Water and Sewerage Company. Using Morgan table, the statistical sample size of this study was 169 people. Sampling method in this study is simple random sampling. Cronbach's alpha the numerical value of this coefficient for the standard questionnaire was generally 0.916. For inferential analysis of research data, structural equation modeling technique has been used in Smart Piels (PLS) software. Findings showed that according to the tstatistic of 4.206 which is more than 1.96, ethical leadership has a significant effect on motivation at 95% confidence level. Also, according to the T-statistic of 5.832, which is more than 1.96, organizational trust has a significant effect on motivation at the 95% confidence level. Finally, due to the lower t-values in the moderator variables, the role of general self-efficacy modulator was not confirmed. The results showed the effect of ethical leadership and organizational trust on employee motivation.