Abstract
The aim of this study is to provide insight into ethical climate in schools through examining teachers’ perceptions and thus understanding how ethical climate occurs and makes an influence on teachers. A qualitative study was designed employing 19 in-depth interviews with teachers in public and private elementary schools in İzmir. Inductive constant comparison method was used for the analysis. School principals appeared as the most important factor shaping the ethical climate through role-modelling. Caring and rules climates lead to positive outcomes such as increase in organizational commitment, job satisfaction, organizational citizenship behaviors and retention, while instrumental climate negatively affects them. Findings indicate the critical role of school principals having strong ethical-ground and building trust-based relationships with teachers. The originality of the study lies in offering insights about how either a positive or negative ethical climate occurs and makes an influence on teachers’ attitudes and behaviors through the teachers’ voices.
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