Abstract
The purpose of the research is to reveal the individual values perceptions of the teachers working in the Burdur Provincial Directorate of National Education operating under the body of the Ministry of National Education. Participants comprised 131 male and 169 female teachers. When the mean and standard deviation values regarding the teachers’ perceptions of individual values in their workplaces were examined, it was seen that they agreed with the discipline and responsibility dimension, they were undecided about the trust and forgiveness dimension, and they agreed with the honesty and sharing dimension as well as the respect and truth dimension. When perceptions were examined according to range values for the respect and truth dimension, there were significant differences the trust and forgiveness dimension and the sharing and respect dimension. Accordingly, male teachers’ perception levels in the trust and forgiveness dimension were significantly higher than the levels of the female teachers. On the other hand, the perception levels of the female teachers in the sharing and respect dimension were significantly higher than the levels of the male teachers. The perception levels of the single teachers in the trust and forgiveness dimension were significantly higher than the levels of the married teachers. On the other hand, the perception levels of the married teachers in the sharing and respect dimension were significantly higher than the levels of the single teachers. According to the results that we evaluated by the task type variable, a significant difference between groups was observed only in the trust and forgiveness dimension. Accordingly, the perception levels of the contracted teachers in the trust and forgiveness dimension were significantly higher than the levels of the permanent teachers.
Highlights
The concept of value, with its most general definition, is a feature which determines the importance of events or objects for a society or an individual (Sayrac, 2016)
When the mean and standard deviation values regarding the teachers’ perceptions of individual values in their workplaces were examined, it was seen that they agreed with the discipline and responsibility dimension, they were undecided about the trust and forgiveness dimension, and they agreed with the honesty and sharing dimension as well as the respect and truth dimension
The perception levels of the single teachers in the trust and forgiveness dimension were significantly higher than the levels of the married teachers
Summary
The concept of value, with its most general definition, is a feature which determines the importance of events or objects for a society or an individual (Sayrac, 2016). Values are the criteria that guide behaviours. They show likes, preferences, and undesired situations depending on what is important for individuals (Smith, 1969). Individual values are important in terms of explaining human behaviors. Many fields such as psychology, anthropology are intensively studied. He or she attends social environments where one value competes with other values. He or she may need to make a choice among problems or questions such as “what is better? In the classification of Feather (1991), there are five jel.ccsenet.org
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