Abstract:

Leadership is a power relationship that exists between leaders or followers in organization and a process which involves utilising power to influence others’ behaviors to meet the organizational goals. Leadership seems to be seen as a vehicle with which to exercise power over others to achieve the organisational success. Power has been numerously classified according to power holders in literature. It sometimes referred to different concept but usually includes similar characteristics of leader and member. Significiance of effective leadership to motivate teachers have been studied for a long time, in this respect, it is important to define and map to principals’ power sources in school administrtation. The purpose of the study is to determine in which power source(s) that of expert, coercive, reward, referent, informational, legitimate power of reciprocity and legitimate power of dependence that principals handle most in the public elementary and high schools. The test score of teachers and principals in terms of harsh and soft power bases generally differ significiantly. It is viewed that soft power bases are more often applied in schools than harsh bases and principals’ statements of power usage in schools appeared higher than those of teachers.’

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