ERIC Number: EJ1303919
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021-Apr
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Organizational Loneliness of School Administrators
Hüsrevsahi, Selda Polat; Sahan, Birsen
International Journal of Education and Literacy Studies, v9 n2 p41-51 Apr 2021
This study explored the loneliness experienced by school administrators, the causes and results of this loneliness, and the ways the administrators cope with loneliness through their experiences. The study employed the phenomenology design, one of the qualitative research designs. The study group consisted of 14 elementary and middle school administrators working in Zonguldak Karadeniz Eregli. Criteria sampling and snowball sampling techniques were used while determining the study group. The study data were collected with a semi-structured interview form. The school administrators were asked about their loneliness, the reasons and results of their loneliness, and their ways to cope with it. School administrators stated that they mostly experienced loneliness in situations of power hierarchy and during the execution of work. They also stated that their loneliness was caused by organizational communication problems and the personal demands of their colleagues. In addition, school administrators expressed that organizational loneliness caused disruption of work and ineffectiveness at work the most. Finally, they also expressed that they try to overcome loneliness through organizational communication and individual socialization. Comprehensive and social measures should be taken in consideration as well as individual and organizational measures in order to eliminate school administrators' loneliness.
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Professional Isolation, School Administration, Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Responsibility, Principals, Organizational Communication, Communication Problems, Burnout, Trust (Psychology), Power Structure, Collegiality, Coping, Elementary Schools, Middle Schools, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Turkey
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