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: 104 | Number of Download: 1035
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.
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