Abstract:

Considering that school administrators have an important role and responsibility in increasing the professional satisfaction of preschool teachers, this study aims to examine the ethical leadership behaviors of institution administrators working in pre-school education institutions. 163 teachers working in pre-school education institutions in the city center of Antalya in the 2020-2021 academic year were included in this research carried out in the descriptive survey model. Demographic information form and "Ethical Leadership Scale" were used to collect data in the study. In the analysis of the data, the arithmetic mean and standard deviation were examined in order to determine the perception levels of the preschool teachers regarding the ethical leadership behavior of the administrators, and the t-test analysis was performed to determine the difference between the means for age and professional seniority variables. In the study, it was determined that administrators working in preschool education institutions have moderate ethical leadership behaviors in the context of communicative ethics, climatic ethics, ethics in decision making and behavioral ethics.

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