Abstract:

This study examined the relationship between learning organization and school culture according to the perceptions of teachers. The research has been practiced on primary school teachers working in public primary school in Meram district of Konya. 290 teachers, determined through simple random sampling method, from 10 primary schools have formed the participants.The scales of school culture and learning organization were used as data collection tools. In this relational study, standard deviation, mean, Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient and multilinear regression analysis were used for data analysis. Research results showed that learning organization dimensions have positive relations with all dimensions of the school culture (cooperative leadership, teacher cooperation, career development, common purpose, colleague support and common learning).Results of the regression analysis proved to predict the dimensions of system idea and learning as a team by cooperative leadership, colleague support, and common purpose dimensions of school culture. In addition, common learning among dimensions of school culture predicted positively and meaningfully the dimensions of intellectual models and individual authority. Results of the research have been discussed for development of school culture and existence of schools as learning organizations

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