Abstract:

In this study, it was aimed to examine the leadership styles adopted by school principals and the organizational attraction levels of schools, to examine the leadership styles used by school principals and the organizational attraction levels of schools in terms of independent variables, and to examine whether the leadership styles adopted by school principals are significant predictors of the organizational attractiveness of schools. The universe of the research consists of 10624 teachers, 4600 in Battalgazi district and 6024 in Yeşilyurt district, working in public schools in Malatya. The sample of the study consists of 452 teachers who work in public schools (primary, secondary and high school level) affiliated to the Ministry of National Education (primary school, secondary school and high school level) in Battalgazi and Yeşilyurt central districts of Malatya province in the 2019-2020 academic year and voluntarily participated in the study. Research data The personal information form was collected by the Organizational Attractiveness Scale and the Leadership Styles Scale. According to the results of the research transformational leadership, instructional leadership, cultural leadership, visionary leadership dimensions and organizational attractiveness of schools are at the level of “I agree” ethical leadership has been determined to be at the level of "completely agree". A significant difference was found in the organizational attractiveness of schools according to the duration of teachers' working with the principal. A significant difference was found in terms of transformational leadership, instructional leadership, and ethical leadership in terms of the number of students in the school. A significant difference was found in the dimension of ethical leadership according to professional seniority variable. Transformational leadership and cultural leadership variables were determined to be significant predictors of organizational attractiveness of schools.

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