THE IMPACT OF QUANTUM LEADERSHIP BEHAVIOURS OF SCHOOL PRINCIPALS ON ORGANIZATIONAL INTELLIGENCE LEVEL

OKUL YÖNETİCİLERİNİN KUANTUM LİDERLİK DAVRANIŞLARININ ÖRGÜTSEL ZEKÂ DÜZEYİNE ETKİSİ

Abstract

The current research is a descriptive study which aims to determine the impact of quantum leadership behaviours of school principals on the organizational intellegence level. The research was conducted using quantitative research methods in the relational screening model. The target population of the study consists of 2219 teachers who teach at upper-secondary schools located in the province of Zonguldak and the districts of it, Alaplı, Caycuma, Devrek, Eregli, Gokcebey, Kilimli and Kozlu in the academic year 2015/2016. 600 teachers have been included in the sampling size. Two scales, ‘’The Quantum Leadership Behaviours of School Principals’’ which is developed by Erçetin, Potas, Açıkalın, Turan and Bisaso (2016) and ‘Multi-Dimensional Organizational Intelligence’’ which is developed in their previous studies (2001,2004,2007,2009,2010) and updated and given permission to use by Erçetin, Potas, and Açıkalın for this thesis in 2015 have been used in order to gather data. In order to test the difference of variables in the research, Mann Whitney U and Kruskal Wallis tests were used. Levene’s test was also used for the homogeneity. Moreover, regression analysis, in which organizational intelligence level was taken as dependent variable, was used in order to determine the predictivity level of quantum leadership behaviours on organizational intelligence level. According to the findings of the study, it is concluded that school principals mostly exhibit quantum leadership behaviours based on the perceptions of teachers’ perceptions. Teachers who participated the research think that their schools have an high organizatioal level. Lastly, it has been concluded that school principals’ quantum leadership behaviors are a significant predictor of organizational intelligence.In the new millennium, organizations have become more and more of an area of interaction that is experiencing more simultaneous and multifaceted events, phenomena or problems together. It is observed that this interaction with the inner and outer perimeter is intensive, complicated and unpredictable. At the heart of these discussions, the key notions such as discontinuity, uncertainty, and probability are included in the quantum theory which draws attention to the living systems, despite the classical physics' lifestyle which is reminiscent of the machine. Erçetin (2000) explores the quantum leadership paradigm in four dimensions comparing it to classical physics. According to Erçetin's classification, the first dimension of the quantum leadership paradigm is the assumption that leadership based on the part-wave dilemma of the quantum physics is an area of interaction in the leader-follower dilemma. Erçetin (2000) has devised the quantum physics assumption of uncertainties and probabilities, assuming the quantum leadership paradigm, leadership unstructured and unpredictable. Another of Ercetin (2000) 's quantum leadership assumptions is the discontinuity in the formation of leadership. The final assumption about quantum leadership is that the effect of leadership is based on interaction. The idea that organizations have an intelligence, like people, is a controversial issue that has been debated for almost a quarter of a century. Erçetin (2001, p. 58) defines organizational intelligence as the total and use of the skills that organization have in order to survive. The conceptual and theoretical foundations of the research are constituted by Prof. Dr. Şefika Şule Erçetin's quantum leadership paradigm and the operational dimensions of the Multidimensional Organizational Intelligence Scale developed by Erçetin, Potas and Açıkalın in their previous work and lastly updated in 2015 for this thesis. Purpose and Importance of The Study The current research is aims to determine the impact of quantum leadership behaviours of school principals on the organizational intellegence level according to the perceptions of teachers. It can be argued that this research includes new developments in quantum leadership and organizational intelligence and current research results. As a result of this research, it is expected that the results of the research will provide contributions towards further research and at the same time present different perspectives to policy makers and field experts. Method The study is a descriptive study and designed with correlational survey models. The target population of the study consists of 2219 teachers who teach at upper-secondary schools located in the province of Zonguldak and the districts of it, Alaplı, Caycuma, Devrek, Eregli, Gökçebey, Kilimli and Kozlu in the academic year 2015/2016. 600 teachers have been included in the sampling size. Two scales, ‘’The Quantum Leadership Behaviours of School Principals’’ which is developed by Erçetin, Potas, Açıkalın, Turan and Bisaso (2016) and ‘Multi-Dimensional Organizational Intelligence’’ which is developed in their previous studies (2001, 2004, 2007, 2009, 2010) and updated by Erçetin, Potas, and Açıkalın for this thesis in 2015 have been used in order to gather data. Necessary permits have been taken so as to use the scales. Since the construct validity was tested and proved hypotheticly beforehand, a pre-testing was held with the participation of 200 teachers who were not included in the sampling. Regarding the data which were obtained confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was conducted. The goodness of fit indexes generated by CFA verified the items of scales. The Cronbach’s Alpha reliability coefficients and item total correlations were calculated for each item and the total score of the scale. As a result, it was ensured that the scales and their sub dimensions were reliable and valid. In order to determine the perception of teachers about the quantum leadership behaviours of principals and the organizational intelligence level of their current schools, arithmetical mean and standard deviation were used. Then, Kolmogorov-Smirnov test was conducted to find out whethe

Özet

Bu araştırma, okul yöneticilerinin kuantum liderlik davranışlarının örgütsel zekâ düzeyine olan etkisini ortaya koymayı amaçlayan betimsel bir çalışmadır. Araştırma ilişkisel tarama modelinde, nicel araştırma yöntemleri kullanılarak yürütülmüştür. Araştırmanın evrenini 20152016 eğitim öğretim yılında Zonguldak İli ve bu ile bağlı Alaplı, Çaycuma, Devrek, Ereğli, Gökçebey, Kilimli, Kozlu ve Merkez ilçelerinde ortaöğretim kurumlarında görev yapan 2219 öğretmenler oluşturmaktadır. Araştırma kapsamında örneklem alma yoluna gidilerek 600 öğretmen çalışmaya dahil edilmiştir. Bu araştırmada veri toplamak amacıyla Erçetin, Potas, Açıkalın, Turan ve Bisaso (2016) tarafından geliştirilen "Okul Yöneticilerinin Kuantum Liderlik Davranışları Ölçeği" ve Erçetin, Potas ve Açıkalın tarafından daha önceki çalışmalarında geliştirilen (2001, 2004, 2007, 2009, 2010) ve bu tez için 2015 yılında yeniden kendileri tarafından uyarlanan ve kullanım izni verilen "Çok Boyutlu Örgütsel Zekâ Ölçeği" olmak üzere iki araç kullanılmıştır. Araştırmada, değişkenlerin kategorileri arasaındakı farklılığı bakmak için MannWhitney U testi ve Kruskal Wallis testi ve varyansların homojenliği için Levene's testi uygulanmıştır. Araştırmada ayrıca okul yöneticilerinin kuantum liderlik davranışlarının örgütsel zekâ düzeyine etkisini belirlemek amacıyla örgütsel zekâ düzeyinin bağımlı değişken olarak ele alındığı çoklu doğrusal regresyon analizi yapılmıştır. Araştırmada, öğretmen algılarına dayalı olarak, okul yöneticilerinin yüksek düzeyde kuantum liderlik davranışı sergilediği sonucuna ulaşılmıştır. Araştırmaya katılan öğretmenler, görev yaptıkları okulların örgütsel zeka düzeyinin yüksek olduğu görüşündedir. Son olarak, araştırma bulguları, okul yöneticilerinin kuantum liderlik davranışlarının örgütsel zekâ düzeyini yüksek düzeyde etkilediğini ortaya koymaktadır