Abstract:

In this study, it was aimed to examine the effect of shared leadership characteristics of school principals on school effectiveness according to teachers' perceptions. The research is a quantitative research and was conducted according to the correlational model. The population of the research consists of 3572 teachers working in official pre-school, primary, secondary and high school institutions in Niğde province. The sample of the study consists of 1053 teachers using the simple random sampling method. In order to collect data, a personal information form prepared by the researcher, “Shared Leadership Scale” developed by Özer and Beycioğlu (2010), and “Perceived School Effectiveness Scale (SEINDEX)” adapted to Turkish by Yıldırım and Ada (2018) were used. Data were analyzed using SPSS (version 25), correlation and regression analysis. As a result of the research, the shared leadership behaviors of the school principals according to the perceptions of the teachers were found to be "very high" and the perceptions of the teachers about the school effectiveness were found at "high" level. According to teachers' perceptions, it was seen that there was a moderate and positive significant relationship between school principals' shared leadership characteristics and school effectiveness. In addition, it was concluded that school administrators' shared leadership behaviors were a predictor of school effectiveness, according to teachers' perceptions.

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