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The study was conducted in two cities located in Central and Southeast Turkey, with a sample comprising 29 primary, middle and secondary school principals, selected via a purposive sampling technique. Q methodology, a qualitative-dominant mixed methods research design, was used in the study. The researchers developed and used a concourse of 24 specific items that target school principals’ decision-making strategies about change-related challenges in schools by taking a perception-driven decision-making model as the theoretical framework. The statistical software PQMethod was used for data analysis. The findings revealed that school principals shared similar views via the item configurations provided regarding decision-making during times of change, and had a similar profile in terms of decisionmaking and related strategies. The behavioural decision style was found to be the preferred style. The principals had a profile featuring a high focus on people and low cognitive complexity. The dominant beliefs driving their decision-making strategies seemed to incorporate comprehensive evaluation of the current situation, ethical concerns and organisational values, assessment of technical details, and thorough data collection. Some implications are drawn for researchers and practitioners.  \nKeywords: school principals, organisational change, decision-making strategies, decision-making profile, Q methodology  \n1 Faculty of Education, Gaziantep University, Turkey.  \n2 *Corresponding Author. Department for Primary Education, Faculty of Education, Gaziantep University, Turkey; [mahmutkalman@gmail.com](mahmutkalman@gmail.com).  \nQ-metodološka analiza strategij odločanja ravnateljev med procesom uvajanja šolskih sprememb  \nMehmet Semih Summak in Mahmut Kalman  \n• Namen raziskave je bil preučiti strategije odločanja, ki jih uporabljajo ravnatelji pri spoprijemanju z izzivi v procesu uvajanja šolskih sprememb. V raziskavi, ki je bila izvedena v dveh mestih v osrednji in jugovzhodni Turčiji, je sodelovalo 29 ravnateljev osnovnih in srednjih šol, izbranih s tehniko namenskega vzorčenja. V raziskavi smo uporabilimetodologijo Q, tj. dominantno kvalitativno raziskavo mešanih metod. Raziskovalci so razvili in uporabili nabor 24 specifičnih elementov, ki so se osredinjali na strategije odločanja ravnateljev glede izzivov, povezanih s šolskimi spremembami, pri čemer so kot teoretični okvir uporabili model odločanja, ki temelji na zaznavi. Za analizo podatkov smo uporabili statistično programsko opremo PQMethod. Na osnovi podane konfiguracije elementov so rezultati pokazali, da so imeli ravnatelji podobne poglede na sprejemanje odločitev v obdobju sprememb ter podoben profil pri sprejemanju odločitev in s tem povezanih strategij. Prevladujočislog odločanja je bil vedenjski. Osebnostni profil ravnateljev je pokazal močno osredinjenost na ljudi in nizko kognitivno kompleksnost. Videti je, da prevladujoča prepričanja ravnateljev, ki vplivajo na njihove strategije odločanja, obsegajo celovito oceno trenutnega stanja, etične premisleke in organizacijske vrednote, oceno tehničnih podrobnosti in temeljito zbiranje podatkov. Nekateri sklepi v članku so namenjeniraziskovalcem in strokovnim delavcem v vzgoji in izobraževanju.  \nKljučne besede: ravnatelji, organizacijske spremembe, strategijeodločanja, profil odločanja, Q-metodologija  \nIntroduction  \nDecision-making is a significant management process (Lunenburg, 2010a) and stands out as one of the most critical responsibilities of managers (Atsan, 2017; Drucker, 2001) . 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