Abstract
This study aimed to analyze the teachers’ expectations related to the school principals’ ethical behaviors and the frequency of the school principals’ performing ethical leadership behaviors based on the teachers’ perceptions. Data were collected through the Teacher Ethical Expectation Scale (ÖEBÖ) and School Principal’s Performing Ethical Leadership Scale (PELBS) which were developed by the researchers for the aim of this research. The sample of the study consisted of 541 participant teachers selected from the population of the teachers working at public schools located in Sakarya, province of Turkey, during the 2018-2019 academic year. According to the teachers’ perceptions, it was found that the teachers’ expectations of the school principals’ ethical behaviors and the frequency of the principals’ performing ethical leadership behaviors were quite high. It was also seen that there was a significant positive relationship at a low level because of the path analysis, which was done to predict the school principals’ performing ethical behaviors through the teachers’ expectations on ethical behaviors. It was concluded that the ethical behaviors from the school principals expected by the teachers as the independent variable were seen to explain 8.6% of the variance in ethical behaviors performed by the school principals as the dependent variable.
Highlights
Ethical leadership is a type of leadership that develops ethical standards to direct employees’ behaviors, unifies values and ethical standards, and implements these standards
Ethical leadership plays an essential role in creating higher ethical standards in the organization
According to the results of Pearson Correlation analysis (Table 3), it was found out that there was a relatively low, positive, and insignificant relationship between the teachers’ ethical knowledge scores and the subscales of teachers’ perceptions scale (TEES) like; ‘Providing a democratic work atmosphere based on justice, equality and dignity’ [(r= .044, p> .05)]; ‘Respecting privacy, objectivity, honesty and trustworthiness’ [(r= .015, p> .05)]; ‘Providing a human-centered and quality teaching atmosphere’ [(r=.027, p> .05)]; ‘Avoiding relationships based on self-interest’ [(r=.039, p>.05)]; ‘Communication-based on trust and professional sensibility’ [(r=.053, p>.05)]
Summary
Ethical leadership is a type of leadership that develops ethical standards to direct employees’ behaviors, unifies values and ethical standards, and implements these standards In this way, an ethical leader is one who defines the behavioral framework for all social partners in general, and just the employees of the organization exclusively. Ethical leadership is an approach that internalizes a sense of responsibility, makes sharing a common point, and prerequisites moral commitment. It anticipates protecting and respecting each member of the organization from each rank and status. An ethical leader is like a shield against formal and moral inconveniences, obstacles to organizational success, and performance For this reason, it could be asserted that the interest in ethical leadership continues briskly in organizational management
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