Background: Positive links between virtues and individual and organizational performance have received an increasing amount of support in the positive organizational studies literature. The aim of this study was to explain the role of organizational virtuousness and organizational trust in a public organization.
Method: Currents study is a correlation research. The statistical population of the study was included 200 personnel of technical and professional organization. By simple random sampling, 127 participates were selected, and finally125 questionnaires were completed. The data were collected through two questionnaires; organizational virtuousness and organizational trust. After calculating of instrument validity and reliability and distribution of them, data were analyzed by one sample T test, Pearson correlation and structural equation model (SEM).
Results: The results indicate that the value of organizational trust and its dimensions -just integrity- were higher than acceptable adequacy level but were lower than desired level. Also, in viewpoint of employees, the organization wasn't a virtuousness organization. The result also showed that there is a positive and significant relationship between organizational virtuousness and organizational trust.
Conclusion: Finally, based on the structural equation model, the finding showed that organizational virtuousness directly was significant positive anticipant of the organizational trust. It plays an important role on organizational trust.