Relationships Between Distributed Leadership and School Outcomes: A Meta-Analysis Study

Year 2023, Volume: 13 Issue: 3, 309 - 324, 31.12.2023

Erkan Göktaş Metin Kaya

https://doi.org/10.5961/higheredusci.1132631

Abstract

Distributed leadership supports giving chance to all employees in the organization to contribute to the management by using their talents
and distributing the leadership responsibility to the whole team rather than being in one person. Thus, it establishes a collective leadership
understanding in the organization by giving people the opportunity to lead according to their areas of expertise. The aim of this study is
to examine the relationships between distributed leadership and school outcomes in the Turkish context by meta-analysis method. In
this study, school outcomes were examined under two main subdimensions which were organizational outcomes and teacher outcomes.
The relationships between distributed leadership and subdimensions of school outcomes were expressed in terms of correlational effect
sizes. A total of 39 studies that met the inclusion criteria were accessed. Since the included studies were obtained from different sampling
structures, random effects model was used in the analysis. As a result of the analyses, level of the relationship between distributed leadership and organizational outcomes is very strong (ES=r =.63) and level of the relationship between distributed leadership and teacher outcomes
is medium (ES=r =.38). These results show that distributed leadership practices are positively related to organizational effectiveness and
effective teacher behaviors. It is also observed that the relationship between distributed leadership and organizational outcomes does
not differ according to the moderator variables. However, the relationship between distributed leadership and teacher outcomes differs
according to the sampling method

Keywords

Distributed leadership, School outcomes, Meta-analysis

Paylaşılan Liderlik ve Okul Çıktıları Arasındaki İlişkiler: Bir Meta-Analiz Çalışması

Abstract

Paylaşılan liderlik, örgütteki her çalışana şans tanıyarak yeteneklerini kullanmak suretiyle yönetime katkı sağlamasını ve liderlik
sorumluluğunun bir kişide olmasından çok tüm ekibe paylaşılmasını savunur. Böylelikle kişilere uzmanlık alanlarına göre liderlik yapma
fırsatı vererek örgütte kolektif bir liderlik anlayışı tesis eder. Bu çalışmanın amacı, Türkiye bağlamında paylaşılan liderlik ve okul çıktıları
arasındaki ilişkileri meta analiz yöntemiyle incelemektir. Çalışmada okul çıktıları, örgütsel çıktılar ve öğretmen çıktıları olmak üzere iki alt
boyutta ele alınmıştır. Paylaşılan liderlik ile okul çıktılarının alt boyutları arasındaki ilişkiler korelasyonel etki büyüklükleri türünden ifade
edilmiştir. Dahil etme kriterlerine uygun toplam 39 çalışmaya erişilmiştir. Araştırma kapsamındaki çalışmalar farklı örneklem yapılarından
elde edildiği için verilerin analizinde rastgele etkiler modeli kullanılmıştır. Analizler sonucunda paylaşılan liderlik ve örgütsel çıktılar
arasındaki ilişkinin çok güçlü düzeyde (ES=r=.63); paylaşılan liderlik ve öğretmen çıktıları arasındaki ilişkinin ise orta düzeyde (ES=r=.38)
olduğu belirlenmiştir. Bu sonuçlar, paylaşılan liderlik uygulamalarının örgütsel etkililikle ve etkili öğretmen davranışlarıyla olumlu yönde
ilişkili olduğunu göstermektedir. Paylaşılan liderlik ve örgütsel çıktılar arasındaki ilişkinin moderatör değişkenlere göre farklılaşmadığı
gözlenmiştir. Paylaşılan liderlik ve öğretmen çıktıları arasındaki ilişkinin örnekleme yöntemine göre farklılaştığı tespit edilmiştir.

Keywords

Dağıtılmış liderlik, Okul ürünleri, Meta analiz

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