Abstract
This study aimed to determine the relationship between the cultural structure of schools and the political behaviors that teachers exhibit within the school. The study group of this study that employed a relational screening model consisted of 489 teachers working in pre-school, elementary, and middle schools in Tokat city center in 2019. The data were collected using the School Culture Scale developed by Terzi (2005) and the Political Behaviors Scale developed by İslamoğlu and Börü (2007). The study found that teachers mostly perceived the cultural structure of their school with duty culture, which was followed by support culture and success culture. According to the perceptions of teachers, the least perceived culture in their school was the bureaucratic culture. The study concluded that as the level of teachers’ perception of support, success and duty culture in their schools increased, their level of exhibiting all political behaviors including those in horizontal and vertical hierarchy decreased, whereas the bureaucratic culture that they perceived in their school increased the horizontal, vertical, and all political behaviors.
Highlights
This study aimed to determine the relationship between the cultural structure of schools and the political behaviors exhibited by teachers within the school
2) What are the political behaviors exhibited by teachers within the school?
3) Is there a significant relationship between the cultural structure of schools and the political behaviors exhibited by teachers within the school?
Summary
It has been accepted that the classical organization theory is based on the principle of rationality in intra-organizational relations and that organizational decision-making should be based on objective, impersonal, and fair criteria within the framework of the rationality principle This principle can be said to cause internal political behaviors to be overlooked based on the assumption that the objectives of the employee-organization are in harmony. Organizational policies mean developing relationships with other employees both up and down the chain of command These relationships allow the fulfillment of duties and responsibilities, the manager to be aware of what is going on in the organization, and to create a network of personal business partners that will support career development. The second reason is the structural elements of the organization (Altıntaş, 2007)
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