Abstract:

The aim of this study is to research whether the employees in public organizations perceive ethical leadership behaviour of their administrator in a different way in terms of demographical variables or not. The sample of the research comprises employees who work at Rectorship Department of Kocaeli University. Survey technique was used in the study. Anova, t-test and LSD technique are used as a analyze technique. As a result of research; It is determined that the employees who participate in this study perceive their administrators as a high level of ethical leaders. Ethical Leadership perception of employees according to the gender, age, education, marital status, the time they spend at work and title variables is found similar (there is no significant difference in terms of mentioned variables in the perceptions of ethical leadership behavior). However, difference is found in the Ethical Leadership perception of employees according to the employment department and salary variables. According to this, when averages are analized, employees who work in Department for Administrative and Financial Affairs have lower ethical leadership perception than who work in other departments. In terms of salary variable employees who are salaried between 750-1500 TL have higher ethical leadership perception than who work in other departments. The lowest ethical leadership perception is found at the level of employees who are salaried between 1500-2500 TL.

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