The Effect of School Administrators’ Decision-Making Styles on Teacher Job Satisfaction

Abstract

This study,conducted using a correlational method, determines the relationship between school administrators’decision-making styles andteachers’ job satisfaction levels. In total, 483 teachers and 167 administrators from primary schools in Sakarya Province, Turkey,were surveyed. The short form Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire and Decision-Making Styles Questionnaire were used. The results show that the job satisfaction levels of teachers and administrators who participated in the survey were high. We conclude that administrators mostly userational decision-making style, and they rarely useavoidant decision-making style. Regression analysis results showed that teacher job satisfaction levels were predicted significantly by administrators’decision-making styles.