ERIC Number: EJ1415372
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
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The Relationship between the Influence Tactics Used by Secondary School Principals and Teachers' Organizational Trust Levels
Serdar Koçak; Salih Pasa Memisoglu
Journal of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, v7 n2 2023
The purpose of this study is to determine the relationship between the influence tactics used by secondary school principals and the organizational trust levels of teachers. A correlational survey model was used in the study. The study universe of the research consisted of 780 secondary school teachers working at public and private secondary schools in the central district of Bolu province in the 2020-2021 academic year, and answers were provided from 432 teachers. As a data collection tool in the research; "Influence Tactics Scale" developed by Yukl, Seifert & Chavez (2008) and adapted to Turkish by Gözü (2012) and "Organizational Trust Scale" developed by Yilmaz (2005) were used. According to the result of the research; teachers' perceptions of the influencing tactics used by school principals; It has been concluded that they very rarely use the tactics of personal appeals, exchange, forming a coalition with others, pressure, and they occasionally use the tactics of legitimating, rational persuasion, collaboration, appreciating, consulting, inspirational appeals, apprising. It has been determined that teachers' perceptions of organizational trust are at a moderate level across the scale, with sub-dimensions of sensitivity to employees, trust in managers, openness to innovation and communication ambient. It was observed that there was a moderately significant positive relationship between teachers' perceptions of the Influence Tactics Scale and the Organizational Trust Scale.
Descriptors: Principals, Secondary School Teachers, Trust (Psychology), Teacher Administrator Relationship, Public Schools, Private Schools, Teacher Attitudes, Leadership Styles, Influences, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Turkey
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