Abstract:

The aim of this research is to determine the relationship between the strategic leadership behaviors of the school managers working in private high schools and the organization health of schools according to the teachers’ opinions. The universe of the research designed in the Nicel method and relative scan model in 2017-2018 is made up of 3340 teachers working in private schools related to the Ministry of National Education within the borders of the Ankara or the central district educational area, and the sampling consists of 345 teachers chosen by layer sampling and simple non-select method among teachers working in these private schools. The study included 357 teachers, but 317 surveyes were taken to be evaluated. As a data collection tool; Pisapia has developed, Aydin (2012) has developed and Miskel has developed the Strategic Leadership Scale (SLÖ) and the Organizational Health Inventory (OSE) has been used by Cemaloğlu (2008) and adapted to Turkey. The study found that teachers’ opinions on the strategic leadership of school managers are high, while their opinions on the organization health are positive but can be improved. When the demographic variables of teachers are studied, the conclusion is that their views on strategic leadership and organizational health do not differ significantly according to gender, branch, educational status, vocational age and school service time; however, the strategic leadership only according to vocational age and their views on organizational health do not differ only according to age. Also, a high-level relationship has been found in a positive direction between strategic leadership and organizational health. Finally, the conclusion was that the strategic leadership behavior of school managers is a strong contributor to the organization’s health. According to the findings, school managers may be advised to be provided with service training on strategic leadership characteristics and work to improve the organization’s health.

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