The present research is primarily concerned with examining the possible relationships between leadership style, organizational culture, and organizational learning in Isfahan’s Mobarakeh Steel Company, Iran. The target population included 10500 employees of the company. Cochran formula for finite population gave a sample size of 371. The required data were collected from a questionnaire distributed among the sample respondents using random cluster sampling. After performing confirmatory factor analysis, the collected data were analyzed by structural equation modeling (SEM) technique in LISREL software. The results supported the research hypotheses at 95 percent confidence, that is, leadership style had a positive and significant effect on organizational culture, and organizational culture, in turn, worked out a positive and significant effect on organizational learning. Further, the results indicated that organizational culture significantly mediated in the relationship between leadership style and organizational learning.

The emerging ethical leadership, as a novel approach in the leadership perspective, by giving priority to ethics in organization has provided the ground for building and promotion of individual and organizational effectiveness. Today, workforce is frequently and directly exposed to many life-threatening events or situations, injuries, and psychological and physical stress. To cope with such adverse condition, one of the feasible solutions available to managers is the maintenance of employee well-being. With this approach, the present research was conducted to examine the role of ethical leadership in the improvement of the employee well-being in Golsar Fars Company, a private metal sanitary ware manufacturer in Shiraz, Iran. The statistical population included all employees of the company from among whom, using stratified random sampling, 148 examinees were selected. The actual data were collected through a questionnaire. Data analysis was performed in Amos software using partial least squares structural equation modeling technique. The results indicated a positive and significant relationship between ethical leadership and its components, i.e., being a servant of others, ethical and values-based behaviors, and respect for others, on the one side, and employee psychological well-being on the other side.