Insights into Ethical Climate and Teacher Behavioral Outcomes

Öz

The aim of this study is to provide insight into ethical climate in schools through examining teachers’ perceptions and thus understanding how ethical climate occurs and makes an influence on teachers. A qualitative study was designed employing 19 in-depth interviews with teachers in public and private elementary schools in İzmir. Inductive constant comparison method was used for the analysis. School principals appeared as the most important factor shaping the ethical climate through role-modelling. Caring and rules climates lead to positive outcomes such as increase in organizational commitment, job satisfaction, organizational citizenship behaviors and retention, while instrumental climate negatively affects them. Findings indicate the critical role of school principals having strong ethical-ground and building trust-based relationships with teachers. The originality of the study lies in offering insights about how either a positive or negative ethical climate occurs and makes an influence on teachers’ attitudes and behaviors through the teachers’ voices.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• School ethical climate
• School leadership
• Okul Etik İklimi
• Örgütsel Vatandaşlık
• Güven
• Liderlik

Etik İklim ve Öğretmen Davranışlarına İlişkin Sonuçları

Öz

Bu çalışmanın amacı, okullarda etik iklimin oluşumuna etki eden faktörleri ve etik iklimin öğretmenlerin tutum ve davranışları üzerindeki etkilerini incelemektir. Bu doğrultuda nitel bir araştırma tasarlanmış ve 19 farklı okullardan öğretmenle yüz yüze derinlemesine görüşme yapılmıştır. Araştırma sonucunda okullarda etik iklimin şekillenmesinde rol model olmaları sebebiyle okul müdürlerinin en büyük etkiye sahip oldukları görülmüştür. Etik iklimin başkalarının iyiliğini isteme ve kurallar boyutlarının örgütsel bağlılık, iş tatmini, örgütsel vatandaşlık davranışı ve çalışanı işte tutma üzerinde olumlu etkileri olduğu, bununla beraber araçsallık ikliminin bahsi geçen örgütsel çıktılar üzerinde olumsuz etkisi olduğu görülmüştür. Bulgular okul müdürlerinin, sağlam etik temellere sahip olunması ve öğretmenlerle güvene dayalı ilişkiler geliştirilmesinde kritik bir rolü olduğuna dikkat çekmektedir. Çalışmanın temel katkısı, öğretmenlerin deneyimlerinden yola çıkarak olumlu ya da olumsuz etik iklimin nasıl oluştuğu ve öğretmen tutum ve davranışlarına nasıl etki ettiğine dair bir bütünsel kavrayış sunmasıdır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• School ethical climate
• School leadership
• Organizational Citizenship Behaviors
• Trust

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