The effect of servant leadership on employee empowerment with the mediating role of trust (Case study of Fereydunkenar port)

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of employee leadership on employee empowerment with the mediating role of trust (Case study of Fereydunkenar port).The present study was conducted using descriptive / survey and correlation methods.Research

The present study was conducted using descriptive / survey and correlation methods.The statistical population was all the employees of Fereydunkenar port, which numbered 230 people. Using the Krejcie and Morgan table,144 people were determined as the sample size and the sampling method was stratified random.The research data were collected by library and field methods and the instruments used were Dennis Standard Servant Leadership Questionnaire, Spritzer Standard Empowerment Questionnaire and Payne Standard Organizational Trust Questionnaire. Research data were collected by library and field methods and the tools used were the standard servant leadership questionnaire "Dennis", Standard Empowerment Questionnaire "Spritzer" And the standard organizational trust questionnaire was "Pine".The reliability of the questionnaires was calculated using Cronbach's alpha method for the servant leadership questionnaire 0.857, the empowerment questionnaire 0.734 and the organizational trust questionnaire 0.849 and the validity of the instrument was confirmed by the content validity method.

Data analysis was performed using structural equation modeling and LISREL software. The research results indicate a positive and significant relationship between servant leadership and employee empowerment and organizational trust plays a mediating role in the relationship between servant leadership and employee empowerment.

Trust mediates the relationship between servant leadership and employee empowerment.