The Relationship between School Administrators Personalities and Servant Leadership Behaviours

Abstract

In a globalized world, people's financial opportunities are increasing. However, their spiritual and moral behaviour is diminishing. This situation can be seen in both people and institutions, especially in the education sector. Servant Leadership, which presents a new perspective on this humanitarian crisis, is a modern leadership approach. An effective and successful school comprises managers with strong personalities and effective leadership methods. The main purpose of this research is to examine the relationship between the personalities of school administrators and their servant leadership behaviours. A correlational research model was used in the research. The participants constituted 14.135 teachers working in schools in the province of Denizli, a city in Turkey, in the academic year of 2016-2017. The sample comprised 327 teachers selected using the convenient easy sampling method. A personal information form prepared by the researcher, compriseing the Servant Leadership Scale and the Adjective Based Personality Test (ABPT) was used in the research. The research data was analysed with the IBM SPSS 21.0 package software program. As a result of the analyses made, a high positive correlation was found between school administrator personalities and Servant Leadership behaviours (r = .764).

Environmental Factors for the Advancement of Teachers’ Self-Efficacy in Professional Development

“…Our results for school climate and feeling valued at the national level are also other indicators of a supportive environment’s positive influence ( Meristo and Eisenschmidt 2014 ). In this kind of climate, stakeholders and teachers can contribute to the school process with roles such as principals in school management ( Rizvi 2008 ; Sağlam and Alpaydın 2017 ).…”

Kepimpinan Servan Pengetua dan Pelaksanaan Kemahiran Berfikir Aras Tinggi Guru di Sekolah Menengah Negeri Sabah

“…Turkmen et al (2017) dalam penyelidikannya juga turut menyifatkan bahawa kepimpinan servan pengetua dapat dianggap sebagai penentu terhadap komitmen organisasi guru di sekolah. Dapatan kajian Turkmen et al (2017) juga adalah selari dengan hasil kajian Saglam et al (2017) yang menunjukkan terdapat hubungan positif yang kuat di antara personaliti pengetua dengan kepimpinan servan. Maka hal ini sudah tentu berkaitan dengan elemen memperlihatkan keaslian dan menyediakan kepimpinan yang terkandung dalam amalan kepimpinan servan pengetua.…”