Perceived and Preferred Culture Types at Schools

Abstract

In this study, it is aimed to determine the culture types related to the perceived and preferred situation in schools. It is also aimed to examine these types of culture by considering the socio-economic context. For this purpose, the relational screening model was used in this study. In order to determine the teachers in the schools in the designated sample, the convenient sampling method was used from the non-random sampling methods. The sample of the study consists of 360 teachers working at various schools in Bilecik Province of Turkey. As a result of the study, it has been found that the most dominant organizational culture type in schools is the clan culture in all socioeconomic levels and the most preferred type of organizational culture is also clan culture. In addition, it has been concluded that in terms of culture types, there is a significant difference between the perceived situation and the preferred situation in schools at all socioeconomic levels. As a result, the most dominant type of organizational culture in the educational organizations is determined as clan culture which shows that teachers do not want to be in a race in their school, but they want to act together with their colleagues.

Keywords

• School culture,clan,hierarchy,market,adhocracy

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