Influence of School Managers’ Ethical Leadership Behaviors on Organizational Culture: Teachers’ Perceptions¹
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Problem
Statement:
Frequently researched, organizational effectiveness is influenced by
leadership, organizational culture and climate, organizational commitment, and
job satisfaction; additionally, for effective, sustainable management, ethical
leadership, which also influences organizational culture, is emphasized. To our
knowledge, no previous studies exist on the relationship (and predictiveness)
between ethical leadership and organizational culture. Therefore, this study’s
general purpose was to identify the influence of school managers’ ethical
leadership behaviors on organizational culture as perceived by teachers.
Purpose of the Study: The
general purpose of this study is to identify the influence of ethical
leadership behaviors of school managers on organizational culture as perceived
by teachers. It thus aims to fill a scientific gap in this field and make a
contribution by sharing results and suggestions based on our findings.
Method: Based
on the relational screening model, this descriptive study’s participants were
3302 teachers serving in 323 schools in the city of Duzce and its districts
during the 2013–2014 school year. The Ethical Leadership Scale (ELS) and the
Organizational Culture Scale (OCS) were used as data collection tools. Ethical
leadership (and its sub-dimensions)was considered the independent variable,
while organizational culture (and its sub-dimensions)was the predicted
dependent variable. Regression analysis was performed to discover to what
extent these variables were predicted.
Findings: We
found a fairly high level of positive significant correlation between ethical
leadership and organizational culture. Regression analysis showed that ethical
leadership is a strong predictor of organizational culture.
Conclusion and Recommendations: We found a moderate-to-high
positive significant correlation between ethical leadership and organizational
culture. Regression analysis showed that ethical leadership strongly predicts
organizational culture. Our findings revealed a positively significant
correlation between ethical leadership behaviors and organizational culture;
ethical leadership is a strong predictor of organizational culture. The more ethical
leadership behaviors managers display, the more teachers’ perceptions of
organizational culture positively increase. Recommendations are to implement
social and distributional justice among teachers and the fair distribution of
awards and punishments, along with transparent inspection.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Kaynakça
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Birincil Dil
İngilizce
Konular
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Bölüm
Araştırma Makalesi
Yayımlanma Tarihi
15 Aralık 2016
Gönderilme Tarihi
15 Aralık 2016
Kabul Tarihi
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Yayımlandığı Sayı
Yıl 2016 Cilt: 16 Sayı: 66