lk retim Okulu retmenlerinin Alg lad klar Liderlik Bi imleri le Doyumlar Aras ndaki li ki(The Relationship between the Leadership Styles and Job Satisfaction As Perceived By Teachers in Turkish Elementary Schools)

The Relationship between the Leadership Styles and Job Satisfaction As Perceived By Teachers in Turkish Elementary SchoolsProblem Statement: Education leaderships behaviors and styles effect the schools improvement, the aims of schools, students achievement and workers jobs satisfaction. Purpose of the Study: This research, aims to find out the determination of the relationship between the leadership styles perceived by teachers of primary schools and their job satisfaction. Methods: Relational cross-hatching model was used to determine the relation between these concepts. The sample consisted of 253 primary school teachers. Pearson moment correlation, ANOVA and t-test were used to analyze the data. Findings, Results and Conclusions: As the results of the analyses; it there is a significant difference between the jobs satisfactions of elementary school teachers and priority, educational state and gender of their directors. And also there is a significant difference between “Transformational Leadership” styles and priority, educational state and gender of their principals. This significant difference has not found in “Transactional Leadership” style and “Laissez-faire Leadership” styles. Also, there is a high relation between teachers’ perception of leadership styles and “Transformational Leadership” styles; moreover, the same relation is on the low level in “Transactional Leadership” style. There is no relation between “Laissez-faire Leadership” dimension and satisfaction.