A Review of Leadership Research: A Comparative and Systematic Review

Abstract

This research is a comparative and systematic review of doctoral dissertations on leadership in the fields of educational administration and business administration in Turkey. Doctoral theses are preferred because they are prepared with a higher level of knowledge, skills and academic competence than master's theses and examine the subject they deal with in a broader and more detailed manner. The main purpose of this review is to reveal the similarities and differences of leadership studies in both fields, to see and present how they are handled under various headings from a broad perspective. Within the framework of this main purpose, the comparative distribution of doctoral dissertations in the fields of "educational administration" and "business administration" according to years, disciplines, research method and sample group, whose leadership characteristics were examined as the study group, which types of leadership were addressed and which other organizational variables were investigated together with the subject of leadership were examined. Although the fields of educational administration and business administration differ from each other scientifically, when the studies abaout leadership are examined, it is seen that the subject is handled with similar methods within the framework of similar purposes, although some differences are detected.

Keywords

• Leadership
• educational management
• business management
• systematic review

Liderlik Araştırmalarına Bir Bakış: Karşılaştırmalı ve Sistematik Bir İnceleme

Öz

Bu araştırma liderlik konusu ile ilgili Türkiye’de eğitim yönetimi ve işletme yönetimi alanlarında yapılan doktora tezlerinin karşılaştırmalı ve sistematik olarak incelendiği bir derleme çalışmasıdır. Doktora tezlerinin tercih edilmesinin amacı yüksek lisans tezlerine göre daha üst düzeyde bilgi, beceri ve akademik yetkinlik ile hazırlanarak ele aldıkları konuyu daha geniş ve ayrıntılı inceliyor olmalarıdır. Bu derlemenin asıl amacı her iki alanda da yapılmış liderlik çalışmalarının benzerlik ve farklılıklarını ortaya koymak, çeşitli başlıklar altında nasıl ele alındığını geniş bir bakış açısıyla görebilmek ve sunabilmektir. Bu temel amaç çerçevesinde doktora tezlerinin “eğitim yönetimi” ve “işletme yönetimi” alanlarında karşılaştırmalı olarak yıllara, bilim dallarına, araştırma yöntemine ve örneklem grubuna göre dağılımları, çalışma grubu olarak kimlerin liderlik özelliğinin incelendiği, hangi liderlik türlerinin ele alındığı ve liderlik konusunun başka hangi örgütsel değişkenler ile birlikte araştırıldığı incelenmiştir. Bilimsel olarak eğitim yönetimi ve işletme yönetimi alanları birbirlerinden farklı olsalar da özellikle liderlik konusu ile ilgili yapılan çalışmalar incelendiğinde birtakım farklılıklar tespit edilse de benzer amaçlar çerçevesinde benzer yöntemler ile konunun ele alındığı görülmektedir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Liderlik
• eğitim yönetimi
• işletme yönetimi
• sistematik derleme.

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