Abstract:
The aim of this research was to investigate the effect of principlas’
transformational leader behaviors on teachers’ organizational commitment. In the
research, causal-comparative and relarional survey methods were used. The study
group, defined according to convenient sampling method, was composed of 260 public
school teachers working in five provinces in the Central Anatolia Region in Turkey. The
data was gathered with “Transformational Leadership Scale” and “Teachers’
Organizational Commitment Scale”, in the spring semester of the 2021-2022 academic
year. Descriptive statistical analysis, independent groups t-test, test of variance
(ANOVA), Pearsons’ corelational analysis and regresion analysis were employed in the
analysis phase. The findings showed that both principals’ transformational leadership
levels and teachers’ organizational commitment levels were moderate. It was observed
that teachers’ perceptions about their principals’ transformational leadership
behaviours and organizational commitment levels didn’t show a significant difference
among the groups of gender, age and work experience. It was found that there was a
significant relationship between principals’ transformational leadership behaviours and
teachers’ organizational commitment, and the former was a significant predictor of the
latter. It was concluded that principals’ transformational leadership behaviors might be
effective in enhancing teachers’ organizational commitment. In this frame practical,
theoretical and research recommendations were developed.
