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The purpose of this study is to develop a scale to be used in determining the occupational professionalism levels of teachers. The study group is comprised of 251 volunteers, who are all teachers working within public schools in Kütahya town center during the 2013-2014 academic year. Exploratory (EFA) and confirmatory (CFA) factor analyses were conducted for structural validity of the scale. The results of the EFA showed that the scale was comprised of four factors, namely Personal Development, Contribution to Organization, Professional Awareness, and Emotional Labor. The scale was comprised of 24 items. CFA revealed a χ2/sd ratio of 2.66. Other goodness for fit indexes calculated by CFA were: GFI=0.82, AGFI=0.78, RMSEA=0.08, RMR=0.05, SRMR=0.08, CFI=0.80, NFI=0.72, NNFI=0.77, PGFI=0.67. As a result, a valid and reliable scale with sufficient psychometric features was developed that could be used to determine the occupational professionalism levels of teachers working in public schools. ÖzetBu çalışmanın amacı, öğretmenlerin mesleki profesyonellik düzeylerini belirlemede kullanılabilecek bir ölçek geliştirmektir. Araştırmanın çalışma grubunu, 2013-2014 eğitim öğretim yılında Kütahya il merkezindeki kamu okullarında görev yapan ve çalışmaya gönüllü olarak katılan 251 öğretmen oluşturmaktadır. Ölçeğin yapı geçerliği için açımlayıcı (AFA) ve doğrulayıcı (DFA) faktör analizi yapılmıştır. AFA sonucuna göre ölçek; Kişisel Gelişim, Kuruma Katkı, Mesleki Duyarlılık, Duygusal Emek olmak üzere dört faktörden oluşmaktadır. Ölçekte 24 madde bulunmaktadır. DFA ile elde edilen bulgular değerlendirildiğinde χ2/sd oranı 2.66 bulunmuştur. DFA ile hesaplanan diğer uyum iyiliği indeksleri şöyledir: GFI=0.82, AGFI=0.78, RMSEA=0.08, RMR=0.05, SRMR=0.08, CFI=0.80, NFI=0.72, NNFI=0.77, PGFI=0.67. Sonuç olarak, kamu okullarında görev yapan öğretmenlerin mesleki profesyonellik düzeylerini belirlemede kullanılabilecek psikometrik özellikleri yeterli, geçerli ve güvenilir bir ölçek geliştirilmiştir.

WOS: 000339002600010, This study aims to assess the relationship between school principals' power sources and school climate. The sampling of the study, which is in a survey model, consists of 322 teachers working in preschool, primary and secondary school institutions in Kutahya city center. Data were collected through "Organizational Power Scale at Schools" and "Organizational Climate Scale at Schools". t-test, ANOVA and Pearson correlationship analysis descriptive statistics were used in the analysis of the data. Findings suggest that school principals use legitimate power the most and coercive power the least. Based on teachers' opinions within the context of organizational climate, principals' display restricting behaviors the most and directive behaviors the least. Teachers, on the other hand, display collegial behaviors the most and disengaged behaviors the least. When relationships between organizational power and organizational climate are examined, the highest straight correlationship was found to be between referent, expert and reward power and supportive principal behaviors. The highest inverse correlationship was found between restrictive power, supportive principal and collegial collegial behaviors among teachers. It was proposed that for a more positive school climate, school principals must prefer to use reward, expert and referent power rather than legitimate and coercive power.

WOS: 000343792300002, The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between school climate and the workaholism tendencies of teachers. The sample of the survey model study consists of 385 teachers. The data were collected via "Scale of Organizational Climate in Schools" and "Workaholism Scale" and analyzed through descriptive statistics, clustering analysis, t-test, ANOVA and correlation analysis methods. According to the results, almost half of the teachers showed signs of workaholism. School climate affects the attitude of teachers prone to workaholism towards their job relatively less than the other teachers. While supportive principal treatment strengthens the work involvement of enthusiastic addict teachers, peremptory treatments reduces their intrinsic motivation. Likewise, restrictive principal treatment and negligent teacher behavior reduces the level of work enjoyment of work addict teachers. However, collaborative teacher behavior increases the level intrinsic motivation of work addict teachers.

In this study, it was aimed to question the intellectual foundations of educational administration with the discussion of the relationship between educational administration and positive psychology. The most importantjustification forthis study is that foundations of educational administration are based on positivist paradigm and in parallel with this the ignorance of human features. Positivist paradigm caused that educational administration is perceived as technical-mechanical area more and some areas in educational administration such as philosophy, psychology, sociology, anthropology, literature is neglected. This negligence led to the management is regarded as administration and management theories are adapted to the educational organizations. However, educational organizations are value-based organizations. In this study, it was hoped that to start a debate about the place of positivist paradigm in the educational administration in order to emphasize the deficiency.In recent years, positivist psychology has been especially based on positive human features which are the neglected subject of psychology. In the article, it was mentioned that positivist psychology supplied with humanist psychology and then analyzed how can be taken advantage of positivist psychology in educational administration area. ÖzetBu çalışmada, eğitim yönetimi ile pozitif psikoloji arasındaki ilişki tartışılarak, eğitim yönetiminin düşünsel temellerinin sorgulanması amaçlanmıştır. Eğitim yönetimi alanının temellerinin pozitivist paradigma kaynaklı olması ve buna bağlı olarak insancıl özelliklerin göz ardı edilmesi bu çalışmanın en önemli gerekçesidir. Pozitivist paradigma, eğitim yönetimi alanının daha çok teknik-mekanik bir alan olarak algılanmasına ve eğitim yönetiminde felsefe, psikoloji, sosyoloji, antropoloji, edebiyat gibi alanların ihmal edilmesine yol açmıştır. Bu ihmal işletmenin yönetim sanılmasına ve yönetim kuramlarının birebir eğitim örgütlerine uyarlanmasına yol açmıştır. Ancak eğitim örgütleri değer merkezli örgütlerdir. Bu bağlamda bu çalışmada, söz konusu eksikliği vurgulamak amacı ile pozitif psikolojinin eğitim yönetimi alanındaki yeri ile ilgili bir tartışma başlatılmak istenmiştir. Pozitif psikoloji son yıllarda özellikle psikolojinin ihmal edilen bir konusu olan olumlu insanın özellikleri üzerinde temellenmektedir. Makalede, pozitif psikolojinin beslendiği insancıl psikolojiden söz edilmiş, daha sonra da eğitim yönetimi alanında pozitif psikolojiden nasıl yararlanılabileceği ile ilgili bir çözümleme yapılmıştır.

This study aims to examine articles published in Turkey on Preschool Education both in terms of subject and method. Sample of the study based on document analysis in qualitative method consists of seven Turkey-based journals indexed in SSCI (Social Science Citation Index) and 10 journals indexed in Turkish Academic Network and Information Center (ULAKBIM). Descriptive statistics related to selected articles were first provided and then evaluations made through criteria form developed according to "Criteria for Evaluating Studies in Social Sciences" that Kırcaali-İftar edited from Gay and Airasian were provided. Among the journals examined are "Educational Sciences: Theory & Practice" and "Elementary Education Online" journals in which most articles on preschool education were published. Journals examined were classified into five categories based on their subjects. Most of the studies in the selected articles focused on "education in preschool education grade". Among these articles, articles focusing on "language teaching, games and science teaching" were examined. Most of the studies were descriptive studies. Questionnaires/scales, interview forms and tests were used as data collection tools and parametric analyses were used in data analysis. There is not any problem in reporting aims, results and suggestions parts of the studies, however, there are serious problems in model, population, sample, reliability and validity and data analysis of the studies examined and there is not any information related to representation rate of sample in the population. Also, while there is information regarding the reliability, there is not sufficient information on validity of studies.

This study aims to examine the relationship between management by values, organizational trust and organizational citizenship behaviors in primary schools. The study uses survey methodology, and the sample of the study consisted of 279 teachers employed in Kütahya city center. Data were collected using Management by Values Scale, Organizational Trust Scale, and Organizational Citizenship Behaviors Scale. For data analysis, descriptive statistics and hierarchical regression analysis were used. Results showed that management by values and trust in colleagues are significant predictors of organizational citizenship behavior. These two variables together explain around two fifths of the variance in organizational citizenship behavior. Variables of trust in the principal and trust in stakeholders, on the other hand, were not significant. Trust in the principal was a significant predictor of organizational citizenship behavior when considered in isolation, but when considered together with other variables, it ceased having a significant effect on organizational citizenship behavior.

Background/purpose - In this study, the precarization of educational labor was identified in terms of teachers' job insecurity perceptions. The purpose of the study was to examine the job insecurity perceptions of teachers with permanent, fixed-term, or temporary contracts. Materials/methods - Multiple case design was used in the study. The data of the study were collected from 30 teachers through semi-structured interviews and from 432 teachers using the Teachers' Job Insecurity Scale, which was developed within the scope of the study. Thematic analysis, descriptive statistics, t-test, one-way ANOVA, Sidak test, and clustering analysis were used in the analysis of the obtained data. Results - The study's results revealed that teachers perceived intense explicit and implicit job insecurity. Clustering analyses showed that 69% of the participants perceived moderate and high levels of both explicit and implicit job insecurity, whereas 73% perceived moderate and high levels of general job insecurity. Job insecurity had social, psychological, and educational effects. Justification of insecurity, instrumental use of power against job insecurity, acquiescence of job insecurity, and acceptance of job insecurity caused structuration of job insecurity. Conclusion - The study's findings indicate that all teachers should be employed on a permanent contractual basis in order to reduce their perceptions of job insecurity and its effects. The autonomy of teachers within the teaching process should be increased, their employment benefits improved, and they should be economically empowered

The purpose of this study is to determine the relationships between structural and psychological empowerment of teachers and their organizational citizenship behaviors. The sample of this descriptive study consists of 384 teachers employed in the province of Muğla. The data of the study were collected through the administration of the questionnaires (namely Conditions of Work Effectiveness Questionnaire, Psychological Empowerment Scale and Organizational Citizenship Behavior Scale) to the teachers in the sample. In the analysis of the data, descriptive statistics, t test, ANOVA and hierarchical multiple regression analysis were conducted. The study revealed that that the level of teachers’ organizational citizenship behaviors (OCB) is higher than the medium level. Besides, teachers’ organizational citizenship behaviors differed significantly in terms of the variables of gender, school type and school location (urban or rural) whereas there was no significant difference in terms of the variable of seniority. The level of teachers’ structural empowerment (SE) was determined to be medium. Moreover, in terms of school type and school location variables, some dimensions of teachers’ SE differed significantly, however no significant difference was found in terms of gender and seniority variables. On the other hand, the level of teachers’ psychological empowerment (PE) was high. In terms of gender and school type variables, some dimensions of teachers’ (PE) differed significantly, yet it did not differ significantly according to the variables of seniority and school location. In addition, teachers’ psychological and SE explained one third of the OCB. According to the results of regression analysis, both the dimensions of knowledge and opportunity and the dimension of individual oriented empowerment were identified to be significant predictors of OCB. In addition, some recommendations were developed in the study in order to increase teachers’ structural and psychological empowerment., Bu çalışmanın amacı, öğretmenlerin yapısal ve psikolojik güçlendirilmeleri ile örgütsel vatandaşlık davranışları arasındaki ilişkinin belirlenmesidir. Tarama modelindeki araştırmanın örneklemini, Muğla il merkezinde görev yapan 384 öğretmen oluşturmaktadır. Araştırmanın verileri, “Çalışma Etkililiği Koşulları Ölçeği, Psikolojik Güçlendirme Ölçeği ve Örgütsel Vatandaşlık Davranışı Ölçeği” ile toplanmıştır. Verilerin analizinde betimsel istatistikler, t testi, ANOVA ve hiyerarşik çoklu regresyon analizi kullanılmıştır. Araştırma sonuçlarına göre, öğretmenlerin örgütsel vatandaşlık davranışları orta düzeyin üzerindedir. Öğretmenlerin örgütsel vatandaşlık davranışları, cinsiyet, okul türü ve okulun bulunduğu yer değişkenlerine göre anlamlı düzeyde farklılaşmakta; hizmet süresi değişkenine göre farklılaşmamaktadır. Öğretmenlerin yapısal güçlendirilmeleri orta düzeydedir. Öğretmenlerin yapısal güçlendirilmeleri, okul türü ve okul bulunduğu yer değişkenine göre bazı boyutlarda anlamlı düzeyde farklılaşmakta; cinsiyet ve hizmet süresi değişkenlerine göre farklılaşmamaktadır. Öğretmenlerin psikolojik güçlendirilmeleri yüksek düzeydedir. Öğretmenlerin psikolojik güçlendirilmeleri cinsiyet ve okul türü değişkenlerine göre bazı boyutlarda anlamlı düzeyde farklılaşmakta; hizmet süresi ve okulun bulunduğu yer değişkenlerine göre farklılaşmamaktadır. Öğretmenlerin psikolojik ve yapısal güçlendirilmeleri, örgütsel vatandaşlık davranışlarının yaklaşık üçte birini açıklamaktadır. Regresyon analizi sonuçlarına göre, yapısal güçlendirmenin bilgi ve fırsat boyutu ile psikolojik güçlendirmenin birey merkezli güçlendirme boyutu öğretmenlerin örgütsel vatandaşlık davranışlarının önemli yordayıcılarıdır. Araştırmada, öğretmenlerin yapısal ve psikolojik güçlendirmelerini artırmaya yönelik çeşitli öneriler geliştirilmiştir.