Abstract:

Educational organizations are one of the most significant social institutions of a society. Efficiency and administrative position of the educational institutions in a society is associated with their coordination in the direction of social expectations. The efficiency level of an educational institution requires an organizational form, adequate resources, consistent policies based on scientific and technological developments and quality employees with social needs. It is indicated that accountability, organizational commitment and organizational trust are relevant with the requirements. There has been an increase in the studies focusing on accountability policies for 20 years due to increasing the quality of education and providing improvements in the supervision and guidance of the education systems. Accountability affect the participation of the members and the time they spend on reaching the goals of the institution. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the relationship of the accountability level of higher education institutions with organizational commitment and organizational trust of teacher educators. The study was conducted in correlational survey model which is one of the quantitative research models. Whereas the population of the study included the academic staff at the state universities which are located in Istanbul and have a ten-year history, the sample of the study consisted of 510 academic staff who worked at three state universities in Istanbul in 2017-2018 academic year. The results of the study indicated that perceptions of the accountability level of higher education institutions were significantly correlated with the organizational commitment and organizational trust of the academic staff, and organizational commitment and organizational trust were significantly predicted the accountability of higher education institutions.

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