Abstract
This study was conducted to determine the significance of the mediation of the team effectiveness on the relationship between the organizational trust and job performance of mathematics teachers among public secondary school in the Division of Davao Oriental, Region XI, Philippines. A quantitative, non-experimental research design was used in the study, particularly descriptive correlation and mediation analysis. There were 200 teachers who responded to the survey. Additionally, adapted survey questionnaires were utilized for organizational trust, job performance and team effectiveness. As statistical tools, mean, Pearson r, and path analysis were employed. Results show that the level of organizational trust, job performance and team effectiveness of mathematics teachers were very high. Data revealed significant relationships between organizational trust and job performance, between organizational trust and team effectiveness, between team effectiveness and job performance of mathematics teachers. Further, team effectiveness has a substantial partial mediating effect on the relationship between he organizational trust and job performance of mathematics teachers among public secondary schools. This implies that strengthening team effectiveness can enhance the positive impact of organizational trust on teachers’ job performance.
