Investigation of Relationship Between Principals’ Self Efficacy and School Effectiveness

Year 2017, , 419 - 434, 15.01.2017

Ayşe Negiş Işık Emine Gümüş

https://doi.org/10.24106/kefdergi.309192

Cited By: 11

Abstract

The aim of this research is to determine the relationship between principals’ self efficacy
and school effectiveness. The research sample consists of 199 school principals. In the study,
in order to determine principals self-efficacy, “Principal Sense of Efficacy Scale” which was
developed by Tschannen-Moran and Gareis (2004) and adopted into Turkish by Negiş-Işık and
Derinbay (2015), and “Index of Perceived Organizational Effectiveness” which was developed
by Hoy and Ferguson (1985) adapted into Turkish by the researchers in this study was used.
Research findings indicated that only socio-economic status of students, within individual and
school variables, was associated with principals self-efficacy. Findings of this research also
concluded that principal self-efficacy was a significant predictor of school effectiveness. 

Keywords

school effectiveness, principals’ self efficacy, school administrator.

YÖNETİCİ ÖZ-YETERLİĞİ VE OKUL ETKİLİLİĞİ ARASINDAKİ İLİŞKİNİN İNCELENMESİ

Abstract

Bu araştırmanın temel amacı okul yöneticilerinin yönetici öz-yeterlik algıları ile okul etkililiği arasındaki ilişkiyi incelemektir. Araştırmanın çalışma grubunu 2013-2014 öğretim yılında görev yapmakta olan 199 okul yöneticisi oluşturmuştur. Verilerin toplaması amacıyla Tschannen-Moran ve Gareis (2004) tarafından geliştirilen ve Türkçe’ye uyarlaması Negiş-Işık ve Derinbay (2015) tarafından yapılan “Yönetici Öz-Yeterlik Ölçeği” ve bu çalışma kapsamında Türkçe’ye uyarlaması yapılan Hoy ve Ferguson’un (1985) “Okul Etkililiği Ölçeği” kullanılmıştır. Araştırma sonucunda, yönetici öz-yeterliğinin bireysel ve okul ile ilgili değişkenlerden yalnızca öğrencilerin genelinin sosyo-ekonomik düzeyi ile ilişkili olduğu görülmüştür. Ayrıca yönetici öz-yeterliğinin okul etkililiğinin anlamlı bir yordayıcısı olduğu sonucuna ulaşılmıştır.

Keywords

okul etkililiği, yönetici öz-yeterlik, okul yöneticisi

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