The objective of the present study is to investigate the effect of employee voice on work engagement according to the views of the Turkish teachers. The sample of the study consisted of 713 teachers randomly selected at 40 public schools from kindergarten to high school from Ayaş, Beypazarı, Güdül and Sincan districts of Ankara, the capital city of Turkey. In order to collect the data for this study, Employee Voice and Work Engagement scales were used. All scales were adapted to the school environment by translation and back translation method. The construct validity and reliability of the scales were examined through Exploratory Factor Analysis, Confirmatory Factor Analysis and Cronbach Alfa, Composite Reliability, Average Variance Explained values. In the first step of the data analysis process; arithmetic means, standard deviations, skewness and kurtosis values were calculated. Relations between the variables were measured by the Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient and regression analysis. Consequently, the results of study show that there is a positive and significant relationship between employee voice and work engagement. Besides, employee voice is a significant predictor for work engagement. The findings of the study exhibit that the level of teachers’ employee voice and work engagement are high degree.

This study aimed to search the lecturers' (employed at the Eskişehir Osmangazi University, Department of Foreign Languages) consciousness level and views on strategic planning. Although the population includes 70 lecturers at the department, 46 lecturers participated in the study. Because the number of people in this research was limited, convergent parallel mixed methods design was used in the study. In the quantitative part of the study, the data were collected via an instrument called "strategic planning consciousness level instrument," and in the qualitative part of the study, the data were collected by the "strategic planning views form." In the data analysis, Kruskall-Wallis Test, Mann-Whitney U Test and descriptive analysis techniques were used. The results showed that the lecturers' consciousness level of strategic planning and strategic planning belief are low. However, they indicated that strategic planning is important for an organization and it would motivate the employees and enhance the organizational belonging. Moreover, they have middle level negative attitude about strategic planning, and they think that the managers must have the active role in strategic planning.