Surveying the Relationships between Leadership Styles, Organizational Health and Bullying (Case study: Islamic Republic of Iran Railway)

Gholamzadeh, Dariush; Tahvildar Khazaneh, Azadeh

doi:10.22059/jipa.2013.50399

Surveying the Relationships between Leadership Styles, Organizational Health and Bullying (Case study: Islamic Republic of Iran Railway)

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Dariush Gholamzadeh ¹

Azadeh Tahvildar Khazaneh ²

¹ Associate Prof., Faculty of Management, Central Tehran Branch Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

² MSc., MBA, Central Tehran Branch Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

10.22059/jipa.2013.50399

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to survey the relationships
between leadership styles, organizational health and bullying in
Islamic Republic of Iran Railway Company. This study is conducted
on 235 non-managerial employees who were working in three
departments of Iran Railway Company in May 2012. For this purpose
used stratified random sampling method and data being gathered via
questionnaire. The design of this study in relation to its target
categorized as applied research, according to its nature is a descriptive
survey research and from the perspective of the relationships between
variables is a correlation research and for this purpose used structural
equation modeling (SEM). The results showed significant relationship
between leadership styles, organizational health and workplace
bullying. The main recommendation of this study is to suggest the
effective leadership behaviours to induce appropriate leadership style
to have a healthy organization and thus prevent workplace bullying.

Keywords

bullying

Laissez-Fair Leadership

Organizational health

Transactional Leadership

Transformational Leadership