Abstract
The purpose of this study was to measure shared leadership and positive psychological capital levels of teachers at schools and to examine the relationship between these two variables. Descriptive survey and relational research models were used in the study. The sample group of the study was comprised of 550 teachers working at primary and secondary schools at the Battalgazi and Yesilyurt central districts of the province of Turkey during the 2017-2018 academic year. The data were acquired via Shared Leadership Scale and Positive Psychological Capital. Descriptive statistics were calculated during the data analysis stage, correlation analysis and regression analysis were used. According to the results of the study, there is a correlation between shared leadership and the positive psychological capitals of teachers at primary and secondary schools. Shared leadership at primary and secondary schools predict the positive psychological capitals of teachers and all its sub-dimensions in a statistically significant manner. It was observed as a result of the study that shared leadership and positive psychological capitals of teachers are at a high level in primary and secondary schools. It was observed that shared leadership at schools increases the positive perspectives of teachers, their expertise, sense of trust, social characteristics, their resolve to struggle against difficulties and their hope for the future. It was observed that creating a school environment based on sharing, supporting the efforts of teachers, including them in decision making processes, ensuring that they effectively contribute to all development and change efforts in the school or the solution stages of a problem as well as working in cooperation to reach the goals of the school are important so that teachers as one of the most important elements of education develop a positive psychology.
Highlights
Today, the importance of leadership for organizations to reach their goals and to put forth effective and efficient results in their studies is an indisputable fact
The perception levels of teachers for shared leadership at school and positive psychological capital were determined to be high in the study
It was determined as a result of the study that the “organizational facilities” sub-dimension of the shared leadership variable was at a “moderate” level and that all other sub-dimensions were at a “high” level
Summary
The importance of leadership for organizations to reach their goals and to put forth effective and efficient results in their studies is an indisputable fact. Leadership was associated with power-driven concepts (influential, strong, decisive), while today the leader is expressed as an individual with characteristics such as vision, courage, desire, trust, curiosity and honesty (Bennis, 1994; Toytok, 2014). Leadership is concerned with direction setting, with novelty and is essential linked to change, movement and persuasion (Grint, Jones, Holt, & Storey, 2016) It has been concluded as a result of studies on the concepts of leader and leadership that there are many different types of leadership. According to Burns and Bass the types of leadership are transformational leadership and transactional leadership It has been put forth in recent studies carried out on leadership that there are different types of leadership: instructional leadership, distributed leadership, shared leadership
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