Year: 2012
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: This is a survey study which aims to determine whether there is a relationship between preschool administrators' leadership styles and school culture.The study sample consisted of 188 randomly selected preschool teachers working in state and private preschools located in the Kadıköy, Ümraniye, Maltepe, Kartal, Fatih, Beşiktaş and Bakırköy districts of Istanbul during the academic year of 2008-2009.For data collection, "The Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire 5 -x short (MLQ)" was used to determine the leadership behaviours of preschool administrators and the School Culture Survey was applied to determine school culture.The data were analyzed by using Pearson Product-Moment Correlation Coefficient on the SPSS program.The results revealed a statistically significant and positive relationship between preschool administrators' leadership styles and school culture in all subdimensions.
Source: DergiPark (Istanbul University)
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1267385541