Managerial Resourcefulness in School Administrators: Association with Stress and Depression

Abstract

The purpose of present study is to determine the relationship between school managers' levels of managerial resourcefulness and levels of stress and depression experienced. For this reason relational research model was used in the study.

The universe of the study constitutes 704 school administrators who served in Elazığ city center and its districts. In the scope of the study, the data was collected from 205 school administrators by using the method of disproportionate element sampling. Managerial Resourcefulness Scale, Stress Scale and Depression Scale were used to collect the data. According to findings; it has been concluded that there is a high level of the managerial resourcefulness impact on stress and depression and while the level of managerial resourcefulness increased, the level of stress and depression decreased. When the significance levels of the regression coefficients are examined, it is seen that the variables of being cautiousness and decisiveness are significant predictors of both depression scores and stress scores.

Keywords

• Managerial resourcefulness,Stress,Depression,School administrator

Okul Yöneticilerinde Yönetsel Güçlülük: Stres ve Depresyon ile İlişkisi

Abstract

Bu çalışmanın amacı, okul yöneticilerinin yönetsel güçlülük düzeyleri ile yaşadıkları stres ve depresyon arasındaki ilişkiyi belirlemektir. Bu nedenle çalışmada ilişkisel araştırma modeli kullanılmıştır. Araştırmanın çalışma evrenini 2014-2015 eğitim-öğretim yılında Elazığ il merkezinde ve ilçelerinde görev yapan 704  okul yöneticisi oluşmaktadır. Çalışma kapsamında 205 okul yöneticisinden oransız eleman örnekleme yöntemi ile veri toplanmıştır.  Verilerin toplanmasında “Yönetsel Güçlülük Ölçeği”, “Stres Ölçeği” ve Depresyon Ölçeği kullanılmıştır.

Araştırma bulgularına göre; yönetsel güçlülüğün, stres ve depresyon üzerindeki etkilerinin yüksek düzeyde olduğu ve okul yöneticilerinin yönetsel güçlülük düzeyleri arttıkça, stres ve depresyon düzeyleri azaldığı sonucuna ulaşılmıştır. Regresyon katsayılarının anlamlılık düzeyleri incelendiğinde temkinli ve tedbirli olma ile azimli olma değişkenlerinin, hem depresyon puanlarının hem de stres puanlarının anlamlı bir yordayıcısı olduğu görülmüştür. 

Keywords

• Yönetsel güçlülük,Stres,Depresyon,Okul yöneticisi

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