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Original article | Turkish Journal of Teacher Education 2012, Vol. 1(2) 90-101

Turkish Primary School Principals’ Transformative Leadership Styles Perceived by Teachers

Ibrahim Hayri Kuguoglu , Mehmet Kucuk

pp. 90 - 101   |  Manu. Number: turkish journal of t

Published online: December 30, 2012  |   Number of Views: 95  |  Number of Download: 934


Abstract

This study aimed to determine the leadership styles of Turkish primary school principals according to the views of teachers working at the primary schools. The sample consisted of 787 teachers working in the primary schools of Rize, a city on the North-East part of Turkey. In this study “Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ)” developed by Bass and Avolio was used. The Alpha co-efficiency number of 36 entries in the questionnaire was found 0.85. For the data calculation, t-test was used for binary comparisons, one-way variance analysis (F) was used for the comparisons of groups more than two. The results showed that as the perceived leadership styles of the school principals were differentiated according to the gender of the teachers, seniorities and school location.

Keywords: Leadership, school principals, primary school teachers.


How to Cite this Article?

APA 6th edition
Kuguoglu, I.H. & Kucuk, M. (2012). Turkish Primary School Principals’ Transformative Leadership Styles Perceived by Teachers . Turkish Journal of Teacher Education, 1(2), 90-101.

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Kuguoglu, I. and Kucuk, M. (2012). Turkish Primary School Principals’ Transformative Leadership Styles Perceived by Teachers . Turkish Journal of Teacher Education, 1(2), pp. 90-101.

Chicago 16th edition
Kuguoglu, Ibrahim Hayri and Mehmet Kucuk (2012). "Turkish Primary School Principals’ Transformative Leadership Styles Perceived by Teachers ". Turkish Journal of Teacher Education 1 (2):90-101.

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