Öğretmen Görüşlerine Göre, Okullardaki Bürokrasi ile Örgütsel Vatandaşlık Arasındaki İlişki

Özet

Bu çalışmada, ilköğretim okulu öğretmenlerinin görüşlerine göre ilköğretim okullarında örgütsel vatandaşlık davranışları ile okulun örgüt yapısındaki bürokratikleşme derecesi arasındaki ilişki incelenmektedir. Çalışmanın evreni 2005–2006 öğretim yılında Uşak ili merkezi, merkeze bağlı köyleri ve ilçe merkezlerinde bulunan beşten fazla öğretmenin çalıştığı 64 ilköğretim okulundaki 1355 öğretmendir. Örneklem 26 okuldaki 538 öğretmenden oluşmuştur. Örneklemi belirlemede tabakalı örnekleme metodu kullanılmıştır. Araştırmada örgütsel vatandaşlık davranışları üzerinde bürokrasinin etkisinin olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Ayrıca bürokrasi okul örgütsel vatandaşlık davranışının bütün boyutlarını etkilemektedir. Okulun kuralcı bir tarz ile yönetilmesi okulun atmosferini olumsuz olarak etkilemektedir. Öğretmenlerin görüşlerine göre otoritenin hiyerarşik kullanımının artması ilişkilerin biçimselleştirmesine neden olmaktadır.

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to explore the relationships between bureaucracyand organizational citizenship behaviors in elementary schools based on teachers' perceptions. The population of study was 1355 teachers in 64 elementary schools in Uşak and its villages that employ more than 5 teachers in 2005–2006 school year. The sample was composed of 538 teachers in 26 schools. The stratified sampling has been used to determine the study's sample. It was found that the level of bureaucratization in school and organizational citizenship behaviors have significant relationships. Also bureaucracy effects whole dimension of the organizational citizenship behaviors of teachers. The administration focusing on rules and regulations in schools effects school atmosphere negatively. The increase of using the hierarchical authority causes the relation to be more official. Summary The purpose of this study is to explore the relationships between bureaucracy and organizational citizenship behaviors in elementary schools based on teachers' perceptions. The population of study was 1355 teachers in 64 elementary schools in Uşak and its villages that employ more than 5 teachers in 2005–2006 school year. The sample was composed of 538 teachers in 26 schools. The stratified sampling has been used to determine the study's sample. It was found that the level of bureaucratization in school and organizational citizenship behaviors have significant relationships. Also bureaucracy effects whole dimension of the organizational citizenship behaviors of teachers. The administration focusing on rules and regulations in schools effects school atmosphere negatively. The increase of using the hierarchical authority causes the relation to be more official. Problem The study investigates whether there is a relationship between perceived bureaucratization in school and organizational citizenship behavior (OCB). The level of perceived bureaucratization of school can explain why some teachers demonstrate OCB and others not. Theoretical Context In effective organizations, people work in a harmony. Organizations actualize their goals more effectively when the state of employees' psychological wellbeing and their interactions are healthy. Most of the time fulfilling official obligations and procedures will not make an organization successful one. Most of the administrators realize that a preferred employee is the one who voluntarily goes beyond the official obligations. Employee behaviors not necessarily written in the job descriptions but benefit organization are defined as organizational citizenship behaviors. “Organizational Citizenship Behavior” has long been a high priority for organizational scholars. OCB defined as behaviors that are discretionary, not directly or explicitly recognized by the formal reward system. According to Organ (1997), OCB has 5 dimensions: conscientiousness (e.g. punctuality), sportsmanship (e.g. avoiding unnecessary reactions), courtesy (e.g. giving advance notice), altruism (e.g. helping new comers), and civic virtue (e.g. learning and sharing for the good of organization). Based on Max Weber's ideal type bureaucracy, researchers used bureaucratic theory as an analytical tool to examine organizational structure. Until the 1960s, case studies were used to assess bureaucratic characteristics of organizations (Yucel 1999). These studies were called unidimensional approach. Unidimensional approach claim that all characteristics of bureaucracy must be present to a high degree in an organization before it can be called a bureaucracy. During 50s researchers started to find some characteristics of bureaucracy did not fit the theoretical assumptions. Characteristics could be independent of each other. Bureaucratic characteristics or dimensions could create different configurations of bureaucracies. Since the 1960s, multi-dimensional approaches to study bureaucracy have been adapted. According to the dimensional approach, an organization can be bureaucratic in number of ways. An organization can posses a high degree of bureaucratization in some areas but not in some other areas (Yucel, 1999). Method Survey instruments were used in the data collection. The population consists of 1355 teachers working in 65 elementary schools in Uşak in the educational year of 2005-2006. Data were collected from schools having more than 5 teachers. The sample was composed of 538 teachers in 26 schools. The stratified sampling has been used to determine the study sample. Items to measure bureaucracy derived from different versions of Hall`s “Organizational Inventory” which operationalized six bureaucratic dimensions: hierarchy of authority, division of labor, rules and regulations, procedural specifications, impersonality, and technical competence. The instrument was modified and translated to Turkish by Yucel (1999). Item-analyses were done in a pilot sample. The surviving items were subjected to a factor analysis. Items to measure OCB were developed by Yucel (Akil, 2005). The instrument operationalize 4 dimensions of OCB: (1) Altruism, (2) Conscientiousness (3) Civic virtue, and (4) sportsmanship. The following research questions were formulated for he study : 1. Do gender, teaching subject, and experience years, make a difference in OCB? 2. Do gender, teaching subject, and experience years, make a difference in perceived bureaucratization of school? 3. What are the relationships among the dimensions of bureaucracy? 4. What are the relationships among the dimensions of organizational citizenship? 5. What are the relationships among the dimensions of bureaucracy and organizational citizenship? To examine, whether there are differences for perceived bureaucracy among male and female teachers and differences for OCB among male and female teachers t test were utilized. To examine, whether there are differences among teaching subjects as well as years of experience for perceived bureaucracy Anova procedures were used.

Anahtar kelimeler: Bürokrasi , örgütsel vatandaşlık , örgütsel davranış.