The Perceived Organizational Support Level of Primary School Teachers
Abstract
It is considered important for
effectiveness and efficiency that teachers who work in schools as educational
organizations are aware of their contributions to the school, to meet their
needs and expectations and being creative. Organizational support is a
perceptual concept that is expressed as teachers who feel safe and valuable, to
be aware that an organization behind them. In this study, the primary school
teachers’ perceived organizational support levels have been examined. The
sample of the study consists of 494 teachers working in 17 primary schools
which were chosen from these districts by cluster sampling method. Perceived
Organizational Support Scale developed by the researcher and Personal
Information Form has been used to collect data. Kruskal Wallis analysis and
Mann-Whitney U test were used to analyze data. According to the results of the
study, teachers in primary schools perceive the highest level of organizational
support in instructional support dimension, the lowest level of organizational
support in administrative support dimension. The perceived organizational
support of teachers is not differentiated in accordance with gender, branch,
education status and received the award for its achievements in vocational. The
perceived organizational support of teachers is differentiated in according to
age. While the justice which is the subscale of organizational support is
differentiated according to vocational experience, instructional and
administrative support is not differentiated in according to vocational
experience.
Keywords
Organizational Support,Instructional Support,Administrative Support,Justice,Primary School
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