Abstract:

This study aims to examine the relationship between primary school principals 'social justice leadership and teachers' organizational identification and loyalty to the principal. The model of the research is the relational model. The sampling method in the research is the simple random method. The data were collected from 428 primary school teachers working in state schools in Malatya in the 2020-2021 academic year. Data collection tools are the "Social Justice Leadership Scale" developed by Bozkurt (2017); the "Organizational Identification Scale" developed by Mael and Ashforth (1992) and adapted into Turkish by Tüzün (2006); the "Loyalty to the Manager Scale" developed by Chen et al (2002) and adapted into Turkish by Ceylan and Doğanyılmaz (2007). While analyzing the data, arithmetic mean, T-test, ANOVA test, correlation analysis and structural equation modeling were performed. As a result of the research; In primary schools, principals' leadership of social justice, organizational identification of teachers and loyalty levels to the principal were at the level of “Generally High”. It has been observed that there are positive, moderate and significant relationships between principals 'social justice leadership and teachers' organizational identification and loyalty to the principal. In addition, it was concluded that the social justice leadership of principals predicted teachers' organizational identification and their loyalty to the principal. 

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