@article{article_274186, title={Teacher Perception on the Empowering Leadership of School Principals}, journal={Bartın University Journal of Faculty of Education}, volume={6}, pages={322–335}, year={2017}, DOI={10.14686/buefad.274186}, author={Konan, Necdet and Çelik, Osman Tayyar}, keywords={School principal,leadership,empowering leadership}, abstract={<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"> <span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;">The main purpose of this study is to determine teacher perceptions on what level the school principals exhibit empowering leadership. The population of this study designed in survey model covers teachers working in primary, secondary and high schools in Battalgazi and Yeşilyurt, the central districts of the province of Malatya. 321 teachers selected to represent this population constitute the sample. Data were collected through the Empowering Leadership Scale. In data analyses were utilized T-test and One-way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA). As a result, it was revealed that teacher perceptions regarding the empowering leadership of school principals are high, male teachers and teachers working with the school principal for one to four years and over perceive the empowering leadership of their school principals more positively than female teachers and teachers working for two years, respectively; however, their perceptions did not significantly differ according to seniority, branch and school type variables. </span> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p>}, number={1}, publisher={Bartin University}