Primary Schools Administrators' Social Skill Levels and Thinking Styles

Abstract

The aim of this study is to identify the relationship between level of the social skills levels and thinking styles of primary school administrators. This study group is formed by (N:40) primary school administrators working at primary schools located in the city center Bolu and in other provinces of Bolu. In the study two data collection instruments were used. In order to identity the social skills level of school administrators. Social Skills Invertory and to identity the thinking styles of school administrators Thinking Styles Scale were used. It was found that the social skills level of school administratorsare at moderate level. When the sub-scales social control and social expessivity are concerned, it was found that their social skills are at mostly level with high means scories. When emonotional expreeivity and social sensitivity subscales are concerned, their social skills are at moderate level with low mean scores. It was found the primary school administrators mostly preferred hiarachy thinking style while anarchic thinking is the least preferred thinking style. A positive and negative relationship was found between the social skills level and thinking styles of primary school administrators.