Author(s): Veysel OKÇU, Hüseyin F. ERGÜL, Ferda EKMEN
The purpose of this study is to determine in what way and at what level the school principals' paternalist leadership behaviour affect the levels of organizational trust and motivation, according to the perceptions of teachers. This research used the relational survey model. In this research, Paternalist Leadership Behaviour Scale, Organizational Trust Scale and Motivation Scale was used. The research population of this study comprised of 8098 teachers in total, working in 28 pre-school , 86 primary school, 65 secondary school and 46 high schools in Batman province during the 2019-2020 academic year. The sample of this research included 344 teachers who work at pre-school, primary school, secondary school and high schools. In this context, descriptive statistics and correlation between variables were calculated using SPSS 21 and the research model was tested using AMOS 22 program. As a result of the study, it is determined that, according to the perception of the teachers, there is a positive and medium-level relationship between the paternalist leadership behaviour of school administrators and the organizational trust and motivation of teachers. The path analysis results indicate that the perceptions of the teachers, the paternalist leadership behaviour of school principals both increases the organizational trusts and motivations of the teachers. Similary, the results also indicate that as the teachers’ organizational trust levels increase, their perceptions for the levels of motivation increases. Moreover, the level organizational trust of the teachers' appears to be a stronger predictor on the levels of motivations compared to paternalist leadership behaviour of school principals. Howewer, it was concluded that as the teachers' perceptions of trust in the principal, colleagues and stakeholders become positive, the motivations of teachers may also increase.
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