Examining the Relationship between School Principals’ Power Styles and Teacher Alienation

Year 2020, , 514 - 540, 31.03.2020

Hayriye Kutlu , Ramazan Cansoy

https://doi.org/10.15869/itobiad.660372

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between school principals’ power styles and teacher alienation. The participants were a total of 582 teachers working in elementary, middle and high schools located in Karabuk, Turkey. This study used a correlational survey research design. The data were gathered through the Teacher Alienation Scale and Power Type Scale. The arithmetic mean, the Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient and regression analysis were used for data analysis. The results showed that school principals’ reward power and school principals’ personality power were negatively correlated with teacher alienation. School principals’ coercive power and legitimate power were positively related with teacher alienation. It was found that school principals’ reward power predicted teacher alienation negatively and significantly. Also, school principals’ coercive power predicted teacher alienation positively and significantly. 

Keywords

Teacher Alienation, Power Styles, Alienation in Education, Alienation, Power

Okul Müdürlerinin Kullandıkları Güç Stilleri ile Öğretmen Yabancılaşması Arasındaki İlişkinin İncelenmesi

Abstract

Bu araştırmada, öğretmen algılarına göre okul yöneticilerinin kullandığı güç stilleri ile öğretmen yabancılaşması arasındaki ilişki incelenmiştir. Araştırmaya Karabük ilinde devlet okullarında ki ilkokul, ortaokul ve liselerde görev yapan 582 öğretmen katılmıştır. Araştırmada Öğretmen Yabancılaşma Ölçeği ve Güç Tipi Ölçeği kullanılmıştır. Araştırma İlişkisel Modelde tasarlanmıştır. Değişkenler arasındaki ilişkiler Korelasyon ve Regresyon analizleri ile incelenmiştir. Araştırmanın bağımlı değişkeni öğretmenlerin yabancılaşma algıları, bağımsız değişkeni okul müdürlerinin kullandıkları güç stilleridir. Araştırma sonucunda ödül ve kişilik gücünün öğretmen yabancılaşması ile negatif yönde, zorlayıcı ve yasal gücün ise öğretmen yabancılaşması ile pozitif yönde ilişkili olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Güç kaynaklarından ödül gücünün öğretmen yabancılaşmasını negatif yönde yordadığı ve zorlayıcı gücün öğretmen yabancılaşmasını pozitif yönde yordadığı bulunmuştur.

Keywords

Öğretmen yabancılaşması, okul yöneticilerinin kullandıkları güç stilleri, eğitimde yabancılaşma, yabancılaşma, güç

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