Wendell Jamieson, the metro editor whose resignation was announced by The New York Times on Monday after an internal investigation, was accused of inappropriate behavior by at least three female employees, according to two people familiar with the investigation.

The people said at least two women at The Times had alleged that Mr. Jamieson engaged in inappropriate communication.

Reached by email, Mr. Jamieson declined to comment on the allegations.

The Times did not specify the reason for Mr. Jamieson’s departure. After stepping down from his post, which he had held since 2013, he was replaced in an interim capacity by Susan Chira, a senior correspondent and an editor covering gender issues.

“I regret and apologize for my mistakes and leaving under these circumstances,” Mr. Jamieson said in a statement that was included in a note to employees on Monday from Dean Baquet, the executive editor of The Times, and Joseph Kahn, the managing editor.