Examining the Relationship Between Managerial Trustworthiness Behaviors of Primary School Principals and Teachers' Job Satisfaction

Abstract

The purpose of this study to find out the relationship between the management trustworthiness behaviors of primary school principals and the teachers’ job satisfaction. In this regard, the study which is designed on relational model is a quantitive research.The universe of this study is composed of 564 teachers working in primary schools of Ministry of National Education in Beşiktaş, Şişli, Sarıyer, Kağıthane, Beyoğlu districts of İstanbul during the 2021-2022 academic year. The sample was chosen with random sampling method. The managerial trustworthiness scale and job satisfaction scale were applied in this study to collect data. The data obtained in the study were processed using arithmetic mean, standard deviation and descriptive statistics methods (t-Test, one-way analysis of variance and Pearson Correlation). According to the results of the study, there is a meaningful and positive relationship between school principles’ managerial trustworthiness behaviours and and theachers’ job satisfaction.

Keywords: Trust, Organizational Trust, Managerial Trustwortiness, Job Satisfaction

DOI: 10.7176/JEP/15-5-10

Publication date: April 30^th 2024