Abstract:

In this research, it is aimed to examine school principals’ procrastination behaviors, the underlying reasons of procrastination tendencies and the effects of procrastination on school management and teaching. Case study was used as qualitative research methods. The research was conducted in 2016-2017 educational year with 22 participants; 11 school principals and 11 teachers who were working for state primary and secondary schools in central district of Erzincan. In the research, semi-structured interview form based on the opinions of school principals and teachers’ views about school principals’ procrastination behaviors was used as data collecting tool. Three open ended questions were asked to the participants. Content analysis and continuous comparing technique were used to analyze the data. Findings indicated from “school principals” indicated11 theme and 30 categories and findings from “teachers” with 11 theme and 37 categories.

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