Examining the relationship between power bases and conflict management styles of school administors accordi̇ng to perceptions of teachers

The main objective of this study is to determine the relationship between the bases of organizational power that school managers possess based on the perceptions of primary and secondary school teachers and the conflict management styles. The research population is consisted of 775 primary and secondary school teachers working in Şırnak province and affiliated villages in 2016-2017 academic year, and the study sample involves 381 teachers. Within the context of the study, "Organizational Power Sources Scale" is used to measure the level of managerial organizational power sources, and "Rahim Organizational Conflict Inventory–II" is used to measure the level of managers' conflict management styles. Statistical analyzing programme is used for analysis of the data collected through scales. Additionally, frequency, arithmetic mean and percentage values of scores obtained from the scales were calculated. Independent samples t-test was used to test the significance of the differences between the mean scores. Multiple regression analysis was applied in order to determine the level of prediction of the variables, and the significance level is .05. As a result of the analysis of the research data, it was determined that the power sources that the managers have according to teacher perceptions significantly predict the sub-dimensions of conflict management styles at various levels. Keywords: Power Sources, Conflict Management, Conflict Management Styles.