Relationships between Political Behaviors of School Principals and Perceived Coworkers' Social Loafing among Teachers

Himmetoğlu B., Ayduğ D., Terzi Ç.

EURASIAN JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH, cilt.2018, sa.76, ss.1-20, 2018 (ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 2018 Sayı: 76
  • Basım Tarihi: 2018
  • Doi Numarası: 10.14689/ejer.2018.76.1
  • Dergi Adı: EURASIAN JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1-20
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Political behaviors, social loafing, school principals, teachers, ORGANIZATIONAL POLITICS, INFLUENCE TACTICS, WORK, PERCEPTIONS, PERFORMANCE, STRESS, CONSEQUENCES, PREDICTORS, ATTITUDES, SUPPORT
  • Anadolu Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Purpose: This study was carried out to examine the relationships between teachers' opinions on the political behaviors used by school principals and their perceptions of their coworkers' social loafing practices. Research Methods: A correlational survey model was used in the study. The population of the study consists of 1948 primary school teachers. The sample of the study consists of 652 primary school teachers. Findings: Teachers' opinions on school principles' use of idealized effect, praise and legitimization behaviors is reported to be at the level of "I agree", but for exchange and pressure behaviors their opinions were at the level of "I neither agree nor disagree".