by leaders. Empowerment implies allowing followers a
voice in the decision-making process. The important outcome of this decision-making process is trust. In otherwords transformational leaders could gain the trust of followers via creating positive perception of procedural
justice. In general principals which have transformational leadership characteristics not only affect teacher trust
directly but also can have more trusted teachers through affecting their perception of fairness in school procedures.
The results of this study have several implications. First, principals are instrumental in creating trust in teachers.
They should equip themselves with transformational leadership qualities and they should acknowledge
empowerment and cooperation of the teachers in decision making process in school. This study also has
implications for future research. Testing final model in other schools, with regard to the gender of teachers and
principals is important to know more about model invariance.