ÖZDEMİR, Asım Gazi Üniversitesi - Gazi Eğitim Fakültesi - Eğitim Bilimleri Bölümü, Eğitim Yönetimi ve Denetimi Anabilim Dalı, Turkey

Investigating Affective Commitment of Teachers in terms of Social Skills, Power Bases and Ethical Leadership Behaviours of School Principals

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The purpose of this research is to analyze the correlation between perceived social skills, power bases and ethical leadership with affective commitment of teachers in primary schools.Totaly 495 teachers chosen by the random method, who work in 36 state primary schools in Ankara in 2013-2014 school year, constitute participants of the research. The data were collected using a “Social Skill Scale”, a “Power Bases Scale” , an “Ethical Leadership Scale” and “Affective Commitment Scale”. In the analyses of the data, means, standart deviation, Pearson Moments Product Correlation Coefficient and Regression Analysis were used. The results mainly showed that perceived social skills, ethical leadership ,referent power,expert power, legitimate power and reward power are positively associated with affective commitment of teachers. There is not a significant relationship between coercive power and affective commitment. Additionally, the regression analysis showed that social skills determine teachers’ affective commitment more than other variables. The findings are discussed along with some theoretical and practical implications.

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Affective commitment , etical leadeship , social skill , power bases , principal

Gazi University Journal Of Gazi Educational Faculty

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