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Determining Sustainability Characteristics in Higher Education: A Relational Analysis

Yükseköğretimde Sürdürülebilirlik Özelliklerinin Belirlenmesi: İlişkisel Bir Analiz

Hamza Öz(YOZGAT BOZOK ÜNİVERSİTESİ)0000-0002-5214-428X
Gökçen Aydın Akbuğa(YOZGAT BOZOK ÜNİVERSİTESİ)0000-0003-3839-7317
Tansel Hacıhasanoğlu(YOZGAT BOZOK ÜNİVERSİTESİ)0000-0003-4229-0192
Pages
219–229
Publication Date
2025-06-20
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The findings were discussed in the context of the limitations of the research and various suggestions were made.

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Objective & Hypothesis:This research, which was conducted to determine the sustainability features of universities, was designed according to the relational model, one of the quantitative research methods.
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Key Findings & Data:The sample comprises 370 academic and administrative staff from a university in Central Anatolia, Türkiye and selected from the universe using the simple random sampling method.
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This research, which was conducted to determine the sustainability features of universities, was designed according to the relational model, one of the quantitative research methods. The sample comprises 370 academic and administrative staff from a university in Central Anatolia, Türkiye and selected from the universe using the simple random sampling method. Data in the research were collected through the “Sustainable School Characteristics Scale (SPS)”. Data were analyzed with the help of pairwise and multiple comparison techniques (independent samples t-test and one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA)). The sustainable school characteristics perceived by the participants were determined according to the variables of gender, marital status, professional seniority, age, type of duty and unit of duty and the relationships between the variables were tried to be revealed. The fact that the sustainability features of the university were found to be relatively high at the “I agree” level is evaluated as the most important finding of the research. The findings were discussed in the context of the limitations of the research and various suggestions were made.

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Üniversitelerin sürdürülebilirlik özelliklerinin belirlenmesi amacıyla yapılan bu araştırma, nicel araştırma yöntemlerinden ilişkisel modele göre tasarlanmıştır. Araştırmanın örneklemini Türkiye’nin Orta Anadolu bölgesinde yer alan bir üniversitede görev yapan ve evren içerisinden basit tesadüfi örnekleme yöntemi kullanılarak belirlenen akademik ve idari personeller (370) oluşturmaktadır. Araştırmada veriler, “Sürdürülebilir Okul Özellikleri Ölçeği (SOÖÖ)” aracılığıyla toplanmıştır. Veriler ikili ve çoklu karşılaştırma teknikleri (bağımsız örneklemler t-testi ve tek yönlü varyans analizi (ANOVA)) yardımıyla analiz edilmiştir. Katılımcıların algıladıkları sürdürülebilir okul özellikleri cinsiyet, medeni durum, mesleki kıdem, yaş, görev türü ve görev yapılan birim değişkenlerine göre belirlenerek değişkenler arası ilişkiler ortaya konulmaya çalışılmıştır. Üniversitenin sürdürülebilirlik özelliklerinin “katılıyorum” düzeyinde nispeten yüksek bulunması araştırmanın en önemli bulgusu olarak değerlendirilmektedir. Bulgular araştırmanın sınırlılıkları bağlamında tartışılarak çeşitli önerilerde bulunulmuştur.

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Öz, H., Akbuğa, G. A., Hacıhasanoğlu, T. (2025). Determining Sustainability Characteristics in Higher Education: A Relational Analysis. Üniversite Araştırmaları Dergisi, Cilt: 8 Sayı: 2, 219–229. https://doi.org/10.32329/uad.1680020

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