Abstract
Purpose: This study was conducted to determine the relationship between the effectiveness of school principals in the communication process and the psychological capital of teachers. Design/Methodology/Approach: The research was conducted in relational research design which is one of the quantitative research approaches. The universe of the study consists of primary, secondary, and high school teachers in Güngören district of Istanbul province. The stratified sampling method was determined as the sampling method and the sample consisted of 353 participants. The Scale of Effectiveness of School Principals in the Communication Process and the Short Form of the Psychological Capital Scale were used as data collection tools. The analysis of the data was executed with a well-known computer program. Findings: Correlation analysis was conducted to determine the relationship between the two variables of the study, and as a result of the research, a moderate relationship was found between the effectiveness of school principals in the communication process and the psychological capital of teachers. As a result of this, regression analysis was made and it was determined that the effectiveness of school principals in the communication process explained 13% of teachers' psychological capital. Highlights: As a result of the research, it was recommended to organize practical training for school principals and teachers on the use of digital communication platforms as a result of the pandemic, and to allocate time for psychological capital and communication process during the seminar periods.
Highlights
How many people who had plans for the new year towards the end of 2019 thought that they would spend 2020 like in science fiction movies? As of March 12, 2020, the World Health Organization has declared COVID-19 as a pandemic
The effectiveness of school principals in the communication process can contribute to the resilience of teachers against the uncertainties brought by the pandemic, the possible problems of distance education, and the stress that it may bring to teachers
Relational studies reveal the relationships between two or more variables (Sönmez & Alacapınar, 2014) without affecting them in any way (Fraenkel & Wallen, 2009), providing the opportunity to make predictions about the results (Creswell, 2012) and the opportunity to analyze these relationships in-depth (Karakaya, 2014). As it was examined whether the effectiveness of school principals in the communication process is related to teachers' psychological capital, it was deemed appropriate to design the study as relational research
Summary
How many people who had plans for the new year towards the end of 2019 thought that they would spend 2020 like in science fiction movies? As of March 12, 2020, the World Health Organization has declared COVID-19 as a pandemic. The effectiveness of school principals in the communication process can contribute to the resilience of teachers against the uncertainties brought by the pandemic, the possible problems of distance education, and the stress that it may bring to teachers In this context, according to Luthans et al (2004), preventing negative thoughts when things go wrong, testing the accuracy of thoughts about problems and finding useful solutions, staying calm, and focusing in times of overwhelming emotions or stress are steps to be taken to improve the resilience of employees. The fact that teachers have to work remotely and take on more individual responsibilities has increased the importance of psychological capital, which means more than traditional concepts such as human capital and social capital For this reason, it is thought that the relationship between the effectiveness of the communication process in which school principals spend so much time and the psychological capital of teachers is important. The following questions were sought in the research: 1. What is the level of teachers' perception of the effectiveness of the communication process of school principals?
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