The Causal Effect of Spiritual Leadership on Organizational Health in Educational Organizations

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Year-Number: 2019-Volume 11, Issue 2
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Number of pages: 100-117
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Abstract

Ruhsal liderlik, işyeri ya da toplum açısından insanlığın aşkın ve metafiziksel doğasını ele alan son liderlik modelleri arasındadır. Örgütsel sağlık ise kurumun etkin işleyişine, problemlerle başa çıkmasına ve kurum içi değişiklikleri uygun şekilde yönetmesine vurgu yapan bir olgudur. Her iki olgunun da okullarda liderler ve öğretmenler tarafından eşgüdümlenmesi çalışanlar ve kurum için daha iyi sonuçlar doğurabilir. Bu bağlamda, bu çalışma öğretmen algılarına göre ruhsal liderlik ile örgütsel sağlık arasındaki nedensel ilişkiyi incelemek üzere kurgulanmıştır. Bu nicel çalışmaya katılanların sayısı uygun örnekleme göre seçilen 298 öğretmendir. Çalışmada veriler ruhsal liderlik ve örgütsel sağlık ile ilgili ölçekler yoluyla toplanmıştır. Yapılar arasındaki ilişki AMOS üzerinden Yapısal Eşitlik Modellemesi ile test edilmiştir. Sonuçlar, ruhsal liderliğin örgütsel sağlık üzerinde önemli bir etkisi olduğunu göstermektedir.

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Spiritual leadership is among the latest leadership types for the workplace or community, which addresses transcendental and metaphysical nature within human being. Organizational health refers to the ability of organization in effective functioning, coping with problems and managing changes in appropriate manner. Integration of both concepts in schools by the leaders and teachers can lead to better outcomes for them and organization. In this regard, this study has been structured to examine the causal relationship between spiritual leadership and organizational health according to teachers’ perceptions. The number of participants in this quantitative study is 298 teachers selected in line with convenience sampling. The data were collected through surveys on spiritual leadership and organizational health. The relationship between the constructs was tested through Structural Equation Modeling with software AMOS. The findings demonstrate that spiritual leadership has a significant impact on organizational health.

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