Kurum Kültürünün Devam Ettirilmesinde Sürdürülebilir Liderlik

Abstract

The roles of school principals limited to applying bureaucratic rules in the past have altered in the 21 st century. One of these roles is to lead reforms in schools and to ensure that the reforms are sustainable and effective. To fulfill new roles, it may be beneficial for school principals to perform sustainable leadership behaviors that will enable them to turn schools into professional learning communities. A sustainable leadership approach can ensure a reformist, innovative and learning-oriented corporate culture. The study aimed to get teachers' opinions about the importance of sustainable leadership practices to maintain an effective corporate culture. A case study was created by the researchers based on relevant literature. Content analysis was used to determine the presence of codes, categories, and themes. The result of the study exhibited that teachers had a positive attitude towards sustainable corporate culture, they drew attention to managerial sustainability, and they believed that maintaining the corporate culture depended on decisions made by a single person. Sustainable leadership behaviors were exhibited at a limited level by school principals to the participant teachers' opinions. It might be beneficial to conduct longitudinal studies to evaluate whether the effects of sustainable leadership on educational institutions are concrete and long-term.