memduhoğlu, hasan basri yüzüncü yıl üniversitesi - eğitim fakültesi - eğitim yönetimi teftişi planlaması ve ekonomisi bilim dalı, Turkey , turhan, mehmet yüzüncü yıl üniversitesi - eğitim fakültesi - eğitim yönetimi teftişi planlaması ve ekonomisi bilim dalı, Turkey

Use levels of primary school principals’ organizational power:what do teachers think?

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In this study, it is aimed to identify which social power resources school principals use inmanagement process and the levels of that use according to teachers’ opinions. The study is adescriptive research study, using a survey model and its sample consisted of 357 primary andelementary teachers currently teaching in the cities of Van and Siirt. Data were collected through“The Organisational Power Scale” developed by Altınkurt and Yılmaz (2013). While analysing data, parametric tests were used, addition to descriptive statistics. According to the findings,principals most frequently used expert power and they used coercive power least frequently.According to teachers’ opinion, while principals usually used legitimate power, reward power,expert power, and referent power, they rarely used coercive power. Compared to primary schoolteachers, elementary school teachers asserted that principals used their legitimate power, rewardpower, expert power, and referent power more frequently.

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Power , organizational power , school principals , school management

Journal Of Educational Sciences

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