The Relationship between Faculty Members’ School Culture and Burnout Levels Based on the Perceptions of Teacher Candidates/Öğretmen Adaylarının Algılarına Göre Akademisyenlerin Okul Kültürü ile Tükenmişlik Düzeyleri Arasındaki İlişki

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Abstract: This study aimed to determine the relationships between school culture and burnout levels of faculty members in the department of education at a university based on the perceptions of teacher candidates, who were in their senior years. The quantitative study included 181 teacher candidates and was designed as a relational descriptive model. Two instruments were used for data collection: School Culture Scale (SCS) and Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI). SCS was used to determine school culture and MBI was used to measure burnout levels of faculty in a university located in Zonguldak province, Turkey. The findings of the study suggested that there were significant relationships between school culture and burnout levels of faculty members in higher education based on the perceptions of teacher candidates. In addition, the results showed that burnout levels of faculty members had negative effects on the success of the school culture at the university. Keywords: School culture, burnout levels, teacher candidates of principals Ozet: Bu calismanin amaci, bir universitenin son sinif ogrencileri olan ogretmen adaylarinin algilarina gore okul kulturu ile egitim bolumundeki akademisyenlerin tukenmislik duzeyleri arasindaki iliskiyi arastirmaktir. Arastirmada tarama modellerinden iliskisel tarama modeli kullanilmistir. Bu model ile gecmisten gunumuze kadar var olan durumlarin betimlenmesi amaclanmistir. Arastirmada 58’i kadin ve 123’u erkek olmak uzere Zonguldak’taki bir universiteden toplam 181 ogretmen adayi seckisiz olmayan yontemle yer almistir. Calismada 5’li Likert tipinde iki olcek kullanilmistir: Okul Kultur Olcegi (OKO) ve Maslach Tukenmislik Olcegi (MTO). Elde edilen verilerin analiz edilmesi sonucunda, ogretmen adaylarinin algilarina gore okul kulturu ile akademisyenlerin tukenmislik duzeyleri arasinda anlamli iliskiler bulunmustur. Bulgulara gore, akademisyenlerin tukenmislik davranislarinin okul kulturu uzerinde olumsuz etkileri oldugu tespit edilmistir. Keywords: Okul kulturu, tukenmislik, ogretmen adaylari