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RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS' COMPETENCE BELIEFS ON INNOVATION MANAGEMENT AND THEIR LEADERSHIP BEHAVIORS

Year 2017, Volume: 4 Issue: 2, 236 - 246, 30.06.2017
https://doi.org/10.17261/Pressacademia.2017.480

Abstract

Purpose- In this
study, it was aimed to reveal the relationship between school principals'
competence beliefs on innovation management and their leadership behaviors.  

Methodology-
Teachers working at the high schools located in Üsküdar district of
Istanbul province constituted the sample of the study that was carried out with
the relational screening method, one of quantitative research methods. In the
study, data were collected with the school principals' leadership style
inventory and innovation management at schools scale and analyzed using the
SPSS program.
In the
analysis of the data, descriptive statistics such as arithmetic mean and
standard deviation were calculated, and the t-test, one-way analysis of
variance (ANOVA), Scheffe’s test, Pearson Product-Moment Correlation
Coefficient and simple linear regression analysis were used.

Findings- According to
the research results, it was observed that teachers' competence beliefs on
innovation management were not significantly different between male and female
teachers by the gender variable and age variable. On the other hand, the
organizational culture and structure sub-dimension scores were in favor of
teachers
aged 40 and older.It was observed that they were not significantly different
between teachers with different seniority levels by the seniority variable and
between teachers with different educational levels by the educational status
variable.

Conclusion- It was
determined that innovation management competencies consisting of four different
sub-dimensions had a significant predictive effect on transactional leadership
behaviors consisting of two sub-dimensions and transactional management
sub-dimensions consisting of five sub-dimensions.

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  • Bass, B. M., & Avolio, B. J. (1993). Transformational leadership and organizational culture. Public Administration Quarterly, 17, 112-121.
  • Bass, B. M., & Steidlmeier, P. (1999). Ethics, character, and authentic transformational leadership behavior. Leadership Quarterly, 10(2), 181-217.
  • Bass, B. M. (1999). Two decades of research and development in transformational leadership. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 8(1), 9-32.
  • Bolman, L. G., & Deal, T. E. (1991). Reframing organizations. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers.
  • Burns, J. M. (1978). Leadership. New York: Harper & Row Publishers.
  • Bush, T., & Glover, D. (2014). School leadership models: What do we know? School Leadership & Management, 34(5), 553-571. doi:10.1080/13632434.2014.928680
  • Bülbül, T. (2012). Okullarda yenilik yönetimi ölçeği’nin geliştirilmesi: Geçerlik ve güvenirlik çalışması [Development of the innovation management at schools scale: Validity and reliability study]. Kuram ve Uygulamada Eğitim Bilimleri, 12 (1), 157-175.
  • Can, N. (2002). Değişim sürecinde eğitim yönetimi [Educational administration in the process of change]. Milli Eğitim Dergisi, 155-156, 8998.
  • Ciulla, J. B. (1995). Leadership ethics: Mapping the territory. Journal of Business Ethics,5, 5-28.
  • Conger, J. A. (1999). Charismatic and transformational leadership in organizations: An insider’s perspective on these developing stream of research. Leadership Quarterly, 10(2), 145-179.
  • Conti, R., Coon, H., Lazenby, J., & Herron, M. (1996). Assessing the work environment for creativity. Academy of Management Journal, 39 (5), 1154-1184.
  • Gunter, H. (2004). Labels and labelling in the field of educational leadership. Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 25(1), 21-41. doi:10.1080/0159630042000178464
  • Gülşen, C. ve Gökyer, N. (2010, Mayıs). İlköğretimde yeniliklerin uygulanmasını etkileyen olası etkenler. 9. Ulusal Sınıf Öğretmenliği Eğitimi Sempozyumunda sunulan bildiri, Fırat Üniversitesi, Elazığ [Possible factors affecting the application of innovations in elementary education. Paper presented at the 9th National Classroom Teaching Education Symposium, Fırat University, Elazığ].
  • Gümüşeli, A. İ. (2001). Çağdaş okul müdürünün liderlik alanları [Leadership areas of the contemporary school principal]. Kuram ve Uygulamada Eğitim Yönetimi, 28, 531-548.
  • Harris, A., Day, C., & Hadfield, M. (2003). Teachers’ perspectives on effective school leadership. Teachers and Teaching Theory and Practice, 9(1), 66-77.
  • Karip, E. (1998). Dönüşümcü liderlik [Transformational leadership]. Kuram ve Uygulamada Eğitim Yönetimi, 4(16), 443- 465.
  • Krüger, M. (2009). The big five of school leadership competences in the Netherlands. School Leadership & Management, 29(2), 109-127. doi:10.1080/13632430902775418.
  • Kuhnert, K. W., & Lewis, P. (1987). Transactional and transformational leadership: A constructive/developmental analysis. Academy of Management Journal, 12(4), 648-657.
  • Leithwood, K., & Jantzi, D. (2005). A review of transformational school leadership research 1996-2005. Leadership and Policy in Schools, 4, 177-199.
  • Leithwood, K. (1992). The move toward transformational leadership. Educational Leadership, 49(5), 8-12.
  • Leithwood, K. (1994). Leadership for school restructuring. Educational Administrative Quarterly, 30(4), 498-518.
  • Leithwood, K. A., & Montgomery, D. J. (1982). The role of the elementary school principal in program improvement. Review Of Educational Research, 52 (3), 309-339.
  • Leithwood, K. A., & Reihl, C. (2005). What do we already know about educational leadership? Firestone, W. A. and Reihl C. (eds). A new agenda for research in educational leadership. New York: Teacher Collage Press.
  • Leithwood, K. A., Jantzi, D., & Steinbach, R. (1999). Changing leadership for changing times. Buckingham, UK: Open University Press.
  • Marks, H. M., & Printy, S. M. (2003). Principal leadership and school performance: An integration of transformational and instructional leadership. Educational Administration Quarterly, 39(3), 370-397.
  • Marzano, R. J., Waters, T., & McNulty, B. A. (2005). School leadership that works: From research to results. USA, VA: ASCD.
  • Mendonca, M., & Kanungo, R. N. (2007). Ethical leadership. New York: Open University Press.
  • Mendonca, M. (2001). Preparing for ethical leadership in organizations. Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences, 18(4), 266-276.
  • Murphy, J., Elliott, S. N., Goldring, E. B., & Porter, A. C. (2010). Leaders for productive schools. In International Encyclopedia of Education (pp. 746-751). Elsevier Ltd. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-08-044894-7.00461-9
  • Okutan, M. (2003). Okul müdürlerinin idari davranışları [Administrative behaviors of school principals]. Milli Eğitim Dergisi, 157, 226-236.
  • Osborne S. P., & Brown K. (2005). Managing change and innovation in public service organizations. Londra: Routledge.
  • Oslo Kılavuzu. (2005). Yenilik verilerinin toplanması ve uygulanması için ilkeler (3. Baskı) [Principles for the collection and application of innovation data (3rd edition)]. Ankara: Ekonomik İşbirliği ve Kalkınma Örgütü Avrupa Birliği İstatistik Ofisi, OECD ve Eurostat Ortak
  • Öğüt, A., Aygen, S. ve Demirsel, M. T. (2007). Personel güçlendirme inovasyonu hızlandırır mı? Antalya ili beş yıldızlı konaklama işletmelerine yönelik görgül bir araştırma [Does employee empowerment accelerate innovation? An empirical study on five-star accommodation businesses in Antalya province]. Selçuk Üniversitesi İ.İ.BF Dergisi. Yerel Ekonomiler Özel Sayısı, 163-172.
  • Özdemir, S. ve Cemaloğlu, N. (2000). Eğitimde örgütsel yenileşme ve karara katılma [Organizational innovation in education and agreeing with the decision]. Milli Eğitim Dergisi,146, 54-63.
  • Pollock, K. (2008). The four pillars of innovation: An elementary school perspective. The Innovation Journal: The Public Sector Innovation Journal, 13 (2).
  • Robinson, V. M. J., Lloyd, C. A., & Rowe, K. J. (2008). The impact of leadership on student outcomes: An analysis of the differential effects of leadership types. Educational Administration Quarterly, 44(5), 635-674. doi:10.1177/0013161X08321509.
  • Robinson, V. M., Hohepa, M., & Lloyd, C. (2007). School leadership and student outcomes: Identifying what works and why (Vol. 41). Melbourne: Australian Council for Educational Leaders.
  • Sağnak, M. (2010). Dönüşümcü okul liderliği ile etik iklim arasındaki ilişki [The relationship between transformational school leadership and ethical climate]. Kuram ve Uygulamada Eğitim Bilimleri, 10(2), 1113–1152.
  • Sergiovanni, T. J. (1984). Leadership and excellence in schooling. Educational leadership, 41(5), 4-13.
  • Sergiovanni, T. J. (1996). Leadership for the schoolhouse: How is it different? Why is it important?. Jossey-Bass, Inc. Publishers.
  • Sergiovanni, T. J. (2001). The principalship: A reflective practice perspective. Boston : Pearson/Allyn and Bacon.
  • Uzkurt, C. (2008). Yenilik yönetimi ve yenilikçi örgüt kültürü [Innovation management and innovative organizational culture]. İstanbul: Beta Yayım.
  • Waters, T., Marzano, R. J., & McNulty, B. (2003). Balanced leadership: what 30 years of research tells us about the effect of leadership on student achievement. A working paper. Retrieved from http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED481972.pdf
  • Wilmore, E. L. (2002). Principal leadership: Applying the new educational leadership constituent council (ELCC) standards. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.
Year 2017, Volume: 4 Issue: 2, 236 - 246, 30.06.2017
https://doi.org/10.17261/Pressacademia.2017.480

Abstract

References

  • Adair, J. (2008). Yenilikçi liderlik [Innovative leadership]. İstanbul: Babıali Kültür.
  • Adams, R. Bessant, J., & Phelps, R. (2006). Innovation management measurement: A review. International Journal of Management Reviews, 8 (1) 21–47.
  • Ata, E. (2015). Okul yöneticilerinin özyeterlik inançları ile etkili okul liderliği arasındaki ilişki (Yayımlanmamış doktora tezi) [The relationship between the self-efficacy beliefs of school administrators and effective school leadership (Unpublished doctoral thesis)]. Gazi Üniversitesi, Ankara.
  • Avolio, B. J., Bass, B. M., & Jung, D. I. (1999). Re-examination the components of transformational and transactional leadership using the multifactor leadership questionnaire. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 72, 441-462.
  • Bass, B. M., & Avolio, B. J. (1993). Transformational leadership and organizational culture. Public Administration Quarterly, 17, 112-121.
  • Bass, B. M., & Steidlmeier, P. (1999). Ethics, character, and authentic transformational leadership behavior. Leadership Quarterly, 10(2), 181-217.
  • Bass, B. M. (1999). Two decades of research and development in transformational leadership. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 8(1), 9-32.
  • Bolman, L. G., & Deal, T. E. (1991). Reframing organizations. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers.
  • Burns, J. M. (1978). Leadership. New York: Harper & Row Publishers.
  • Bush, T., & Glover, D. (2014). School leadership models: What do we know? School Leadership & Management, 34(5), 553-571. doi:10.1080/13632434.2014.928680
  • Bülbül, T. (2012). Okullarda yenilik yönetimi ölçeği’nin geliştirilmesi: Geçerlik ve güvenirlik çalışması [Development of the innovation management at schools scale: Validity and reliability study]. Kuram ve Uygulamada Eğitim Bilimleri, 12 (1), 157-175.
  • Can, N. (2002). Değişim sürecinde eğitim yönetimi [Educational administration in the process of change]. Milli Eğitim Dergisi, 155-156, 8998.
  • Ciulla, J. B. (1995). Leadership ethics: Mapping the territory. Journal of Business Ethics,5, 5-28.
  • Conger, J. A. (1999). Charismatic and transformational leadership in organizations: An insider’s perspective on these developing stream of research. Leadership Quarterly, 10(2), 145-179.
  • Conti, R., Coon, H., Lazenby, J., & Herron, M. (1996). Assessing the work environment for creativity. Academy of Management Journal, 39 (5), 1154-1184.
  • Gunter, H. (2004). Labels and labelling in the field of educational leadership. Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 25(1), 21-41. doi:10.1080/0159630042000178464
  • Gülşen, C. ve Gökyer, N. (2010, Mayıs). İlköğretimde yeniliklerin uygulanmasını etkileyen olası etkenler. 9. Ulusal Sınıf Öğretmenliği Eğitimi Sempozyumunda sunulan bildiri, Fırat Üniversitesi, Elazığ [Possible factors affecting the application of innovations in elementary education. Paper presented at the 9th National Classroom Teaching Education Symposium, Fırat University, Elazığ].
  • Gümüşeli, A. İ. (2001). Çağdaş okul müdürünün liderlik alanları [Leadership areas of the contemporary school principal]. Kuram ve Uygulamada Eğitim Yönetimi, 28, 531-548.
  • Harris, A., Day, C., & Hadfield, M. (2003). Teachers’ perspectives on effective school leadership. Teachers and Teaching Theory and Practice, 9(1), 66-77.
  • Karip, E. (1998). Dönüşümcü liderlik [Transformational leadership]. Kuram ve Uygulamada Eğitim Yönetimi, 4(16), 443- 465.
  • Krüger, M. (2009). The big five of school leadership competences in the Netherlands. School Leadership & Management, 29(2), 109-127. doi:10.1080/13632430902775418.
  • Kuhnert, K. W., & Lewis, P. (1987). Transactional and transformational leadership: A constructive/developmental analysis. Academy of Management Journal, 12(4), 648-657.
  • Leithwood, K., & Jantzi, D. (2005). A review of transformational school leadership research 1996-2005. Leadership and Policy in Schools, 4, 177-199.
  • Leithwood, K. (1992). The move toward transformational leadership. Educational Leadership, 49(5), 8-12.
  • Leithwood, K. (1994). Leadership for school restructuring. Educational Administrative Quarterly, 30(4), 498-518.
  • Leithwood, K. A., & Montgomery, D. J. (1982). The role of the elementary school principal in program improvement. Review Of Educational Research, 52 (3), 309-339.
  • Leithwood, K. A., & Reihl, C. (2005). What do we already know about educational leadership? Firestone, W. A. and Reihl C. (eds). A new agenda for research in educational leadership. New York: Teacher Collage Press.
  • Leithwood, K. A., Jantzi, D., & Steinbach, R. (1999). Changing leadership for changing times. Buckingham, UK: Open University Press.
  • Marks, H. M., & Printy, S. M. (2003). Principal leadership and school performance: An integration of transformational and instructional leadership. Educational Administration Quarterly, 39(3), 370-397.
  • Marzano, R. J., Waters, T., & McNulty, B. A. (2005). School leadership that works: From research to results. USA, VA: ASCD.
  • Mendonca, M., & Kanungo, R. N. (2007). Ethical leadership. New York: Open University Press.
  • Mendonca, M. (2001). Preparing for ethical leadership in organizations. Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences, 18(4), 266-276.
  • Murphy, J., Elliott, S. N., Goldring, E. B., & Porter, A. C. (2010). Leaders for productive schools. In International Encyclopedia of Education (pp. 746-751). Elsevier Ltd. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-08-044894-7.00461-9
  • Okutan, M. (2003). Okul müdürlerinin idari davranışları [Administrative behaviors of school principals]. Milli Eğitim Dergisi, 157, 226-236.
  • Osborne S. P., & Brown K. (2005). Managing change and innovation in public service organizations. Londra: Routledge.
  • Oslo Kılavuzu. (2005). Yenilik verilerinin toplanması ve uygulanması için ilkeler (3. Baskı) [Principles for the collection and application of innovation data (3rd edition)]. Ankara: Ekonomik İşbirliği ve Kalkınma Örgütü Avrupa Birliği İstatistik Ofisi, OECD ve Eurostat Ortak
  • Öğüt, A., Aygen, S. ve Demirsel, M. T. (2007). Personel güçlendirme inovasyonu hızlandırır mı? Antalya ili beş yıldızlı konaklama işletmelerine yönelik görgül bir araştırma [Does employee empowerment accelerate innovation? An empirical study on five-star accommodation businesses in Antalya province]. Selçuk Üniversitesi İ.İ.BF Dergisi. Yerel Ekonomiler Özel Sayısı, 163-172.
  • Özdemir, S. ve Cemaloğlu, N. (2000). Eğitimde örgütsel yenileşme ve karara katılma [Organizational innovation in education and agreeing with the decision]. Milli Eğitim Dergisi,146, 54-63.
  • Pollock, K. (2008). The four pillars of innovation: An elementary school perspective. The Innovation Journal: The Public Sector Innovation Journal, 13 (2).
  • Robinson, V. M. J., Lloyd, C. A., & Rowe, K. J. (2008). The impact of leadership on student outcomes: An analysis of the differential effects of leadership types. Educational Administration Quarterly, 44(5), 635-674. doi:10.1177/0013161X08321509.
  • Robinson, V. M., Hohepa, M., & Lloyd, C. (2007). School leadership and student outcomes: Identifying what works and why (Vol. 41). Melbourne: Australian Council for Educational Leaders.
  • Sağnak, M. (2010). Dönüşümcü okul liderliği ile etik iklim arasındaki ilişki [The relationship between transformational school leadership and ethical climate]. Kuram ve Uygulamada Eğitim Bilimleri, 10(2), 1113–1152.
  • Sergiovanni, T. J. (1984). Leadership and excellence in schooling. Educational leadership, 41(5), 4-13.
  • Sergiovanni, T. J. (1996). Leadership for the schoolhouse: How is it different? Why is it important?. Jossey-Bass, Inc. Publishers.
  • Sergiovanni, T. J. (2001). The principalship: A reflective practice perspective. Boston : Pearson/Allyn and Bacon.
  • Uzkurt, C. (2008). Yenilik yönetimi ve yenilikçi örgüt kültürü [Innovation management and innovative organizational culture]. İstanbul: Beta Yayım.
  • Waters, T., Marzano, R. J., & McNulty, B. (2003). Balanced leadership: what 30 years of research tells us about the effect of leadership on student achievement. A working paper. Retrieved from http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED481972.pdf
  • Wilmore, E. L. (2002). Principal leadership: Applying the new educational leadership constituent council (ELCC) standards. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.
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Publication Date June 30, 2017
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APA Parlar, H. (2017). RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS’ COMPETENCE BELIEFS ON INNOVATION MANAGEMENT AND THEIR LEADERSHIP BEHAVIORS. Research Journal of Business and Management, 4(2), 236-246. https://doi.org/10.17261/Pressacademia.2017.480
AMA Parlar H. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS’ COMPETENCE BELIEFS ON INNOVATION MANAGEMENT AND THEIR LEADERSHIP BEHAVIORS. RJBM. June 2017;4(2):236-246. doi:10.17261/Pressacademia.2017.480
Chicago Parlar, Hanifi. “RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS’ COMPETENCE BELIEFS ON INNOVATION MANAGEMENT AND THEIR LEADERSHIP BEHAVIORS”. Research Journal of Business and Management 4, no. 2 (June 2017): 236-46. https://doi.org/10.17261/Pressacademia.2017.480.
EndNote Parlar H (June 1, 2017) RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS’ COMPETENCE BELIEFS ON INNOVATION MANAGEMENT AND THEIR LEADERSHIP BEHAVIORS. Research Journal of Business and Management 4 2 236–246.
IEEE H. Parlar, “RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS’ COMPETENCE BELIEFS ON INNOVATION MANAGEMENT AND THEIR LEADERSHIP BEHAVIORS”, RJBM, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 236–246, 2017, doi: 10.17261/Pressacademia.2017.480.
ISNAD Parlar, Hanifi. “RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS’ COMPETENCE BELIEFS ON INNOVATION MANAGEMENT AND THEIR LEADERSHIP BEHAVIORS”. Research Journal of Business and Management 4/2 (June 2017), 236-246. https://doi.org/10.17261/Pressacademia.2017.480.
JAMA Parlar H. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS’ COMPETENCE BELIEFS ON INNOVATION MANAGEMENT AND THEIR LEADERSHIP BEHAVIORS. RJBM. 2017;4:236–246.
MLA Parlar, Hanifi. “RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS’ COMPETENCE BELIEFS ON INNOVATION MANAGEMENT AND THEIR LEADERSHIP BEHAVIORS”. Research Journal of Business and Management, vol. 4, no. 2, 2017, pp. 236-4, doi:10.17261/Pressacademia.2017.480.
Vancouver Parlar H. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS’ COMPETENCE BELIEFS ON INNOVATION MANAGEMENT AND THEIR LEADERSHIP BEHAVIORS. RJBM. 2017;4(2):236-4.

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