RESEARCH PAPER
THE INVESTIGATION OF HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS’ PERCEIVED ORGANIZATIONAL SUPPORT LEVELS ACCORDING TO THEIR PERSONAL TRAITS
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Düzce Üniversitesi, TURKEY
Publication date: 2015-06-30
Anatolian Journal of Educational Leadership and Instruction 2015;3(1)
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The aim of this study is to determine the relationship between their perceived organizational support level and personal traits (gender, age, tenure, marital status, school type and staff). The sample of the study consists of 136 high school teachers working in Derince, Kocaeli in 2013 – 2014 education year. The study was designed as survey model. Descriptive statistical methods (frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation), independent sample t-tests and analysis of variance were used to analyze the data. In the results of the research, the mean scores of teachers’ showed that most of high school teachers have a moderate level of organizational support while some of them have a high level of organizational support. Research results show a significant difference according to gender variable and it was understood that female high school teachers perceived more organizational support at work than male high school teachers. While organizational support perception of the teachers in high schools don’t show any statically significant difference with regard to tenure, marital status, school type and staffing, it shows a positive relationship through high school teachers’ age