Educational Policy Analysis and Strategic Research - Volume 15 - Issue 2 - A Relational Research on Paternalist Leadership Behaviors Perceived by Teachers and Teachers' Performance

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The study examines the relationship between school principals’ paternalist leadership behaviors as perceived by teachers and teacher performance. Using a predictive research design, 431 teachers from different institutional types participated. Data were gathered via the Paternalist Leadership Behaviors Scale and the Teacher Performance Evaluation Scale and analyzed with t-test, ANOVA, correlation, and regression. Moral, authoritarian, and exploitative behaviors were not significantly related to teacher gender, while male teachers reported higher benevolent paternalistic leadership perceptions.

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Abstract

Introduction

Leadership behaviors and teacher performance

Cultural context of leadership styles

Educational Policy Analysis and Strategic Research Volume 15, Issue 2 June 2020 [epasr.penpublishing.net](epasr.penpublishing.net)[ ](epasr.penpublishing.net)ISSN: 1949-4270 (Print) 1949-4289 (Online) A Relational Research on Paternalist Leadership Behaviors Perceived by Teachers and Teachers' Performance Pinar Mert & Mustafa Ozgenel To cite this article Mert, P. & Ozgenel, M. (2020). A Relational Research on Paternalist Leadership Behaviors Perceived by Teachers and Teachers' Performance. Educational Policy Analysis and Strategic Research, 15(2), 41-60. doi: 10.29329/epasr.2020.251.3 | Published Online | June 20, 2020 | | --- | --- | | Article Views | 16 single - 24 cumulative | | Article Download | 57 single - 94 cumulative | | DOI | [https://doi.org/10.29329/epasr.2020.251.3](https://doi.org/10.29329/epasr.2020.251.3) | Pen Academic is an independent international publisher committed to publishing academic books, journals, encyclopedias, handbooks of research of the highest quality in the fields of Education, Social Sciences, Science and Agriculture. Pen Academic created an open access system to spread the scientific knowledge freely. For more information about PEN, please contact: [info@penpublishing.net](info@penpublishing.net) This document downloaded from [96.253.117.48](96.253.117.48) [2 times] Midlothian / United States on Wed, 12 Aug 2020 20:59:31 +0300 Pen Academic Publishing, Canakkale/Turkey Telephone: +90 286 243 06 66 | Fax: +90 286 213 08 [00 | info@penpublishing.net | www.penpublishing.net](00 | info@penpublishing.net | www.penpublishing.net) A Relational Research on Paternalist Leadership Behaviors Perceived by Teachers and Teachers' Performance Pınar MERT 1 Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University Mustafa ÖZGENEL2 Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University Abstract The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between school principals' paternalist leadership behaviors perceived by teachers and teacher performances. In this context, 431 teachers (313 women),(118 men) working in different institutional types were included in the study using the predictive research design. Data were collected through the Paternalist Leadership Behaviors Scale (Dağlı and Ağalday 2017) and Teacher Performance Evaluation Scale (Ozgenel, 2019) . Data were having been analyzed by t-test, ANOVA, correlation, and regression. As a result of the research, the moral, authoritarian and exploitative paternalistic leadership behaviors perceived by the teachers do not differ significantly according to the gender of the teachers, whereas male teachers have higher perceptions of benevolent paternalistic leadership. According to the seniority variable, benevolent, moral, authoritarian, exploitative fatherly leadership behaviors and paternalistic leadership total scores do not differ significantly. According to the schools where teachers work, the benevolent and moral paternalistic leadership behaviors and paternalistic leadership total scores do not differ significantly; However, teachers working in secondary schools see school principals more authoritative than teachers working in primary schools. Also, teachers working in high schools consider school principals more exploitative than teachers working in secondary school. As a result of the analysis of performance, female teachers 'performances are higher than male teachers, whereas teachers'performances do not differ significantly according to their seniority and school levels. Paternalist leadership is a type of leadership with high potential and the existence of paternalist leadership behaviors in educational organizations can be explained better by researching new concepts and adding new variables. Keywords: Leadership, Paternalist Leadership, Performance, Teacher Performance. DOI: 10.29329/epasr.2020.251.3 1 Dr., Faculty of Education, Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University, Istanbul, Turkey, ORCID: 0000-0003-3633-7556 [Correspondence](Correspondenc

FAQs

What does the study investigate about school principals and teachers?

It investigates the relationship between principals’ paternalist leadership behaviors perceived by teachers and teacher performance.

How were the data collected and analyzed?

Data were collected using the Paternalist Leadership Behaviors Scale and the Teacher Performance Evaluation Scale, then analyzed with t-test, ANOVA, correlation, and regression.

Do paternalist leadership behaviors differ by teachers’ gender or seniority?

Moral, authoritarian, and exploitative behaviors do not differ significantly by gender, while male teachers report higher perceptions of benevolent paternalistic leadership. By seniority, benevolent, moral, authoritarian, exploitative, and total paternalistic leadership scores do not differ significantly.

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