Abstract
The purpose of this study is to develop a valid and reliable measurement tool for measuring organizational health of schools. The study group consists of 429 teachers working in secondary schools in the central districts of Eskişehir/Turkey in the 2015-2016 academic year. The construct validity of the scale was examined by exploratory factor analysis. According to the results of the analysis, the scale measures a four-factor structure. The four-factor structure of the scale was confirmed by confirmatory factor analysis. The total variance ratio explained by the scale was determined as 71.101%. In order to determine the reliability of the scale, the internal consistency coefficient of Cronbach’s alpha was evaluated and this value was determined as .915. The results of all validity and reliability analyzes show that the Organizational Health Scale can be used as a valid and reliable measurement tool in the studies that teachers will be taken as a working group.
Highlights
In order for organizations to develop continuously, to catch up with change and to be successful, all their units must be functional
School health is used to conceptualize the organizational climate of schools, a concept that has been identified as an important variable related to school effectiveness (Brokover, 1978 as cited in Hoy & Feldman, 1987)
Determining the academic status of the students and the school from the perspective of the teachers working in the school, in other words, from the perspective of the employees working in the organization is considered within the scope of this dimension
Summary
In order for organizations to develop continuously, to catch up with change and to be successful, all their units must be functional. Organizational health is a concept that addresses the harmony of the organization with all its internal components and environment, its ability to achieve its goals and objectives. Organizational health addresses the state of the organization’s physical environment and the tools appropriate to realize the organization’s purpose, the state of communication between the organization and the senior management, the potential for problem solving, development, growth and innovation. According to Argyris (1964), organizations that achieve their goals, maintain their internal structure and adapt to the environment are considered healthy organizations (Owens, 1981 as cited in Ordu & Tanrıöğen, 2013). The ability of an organization to achieve its goals, which is the reason for its existence, depends first of all on the healthiness of that organization (as cited in Uras, 2000)
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