The relationship between teachers' perceptions to shared leadership in schools and levels of organizational cinism

The aim of this research is to reveal the relationship between shared leadership practices in schools and the levels of organizational cynicism of teachers. Relational screening model was used in the research. The target population of the study consists of 7698 teachers and for the research, 407 teachers who work in primary, secondary and high schools in Denizli in the 2018-2019 academic year were examined. Convenient sampling method was used in this research. The data was collected by using organizational shared leadership scale and organizational cynicism scale. In the analyze of the data; frequency, percentage, arithmetic mean and standard deviation values were calculated. Independent sample t-test, one-way variance analysis, Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient and regression analysis were used. According to the study results, teachers' perception level of the shared leadership perceptions is high on completion of tasks together, mutual skill development, non-central interactivity and emotional support dimensions of shared leadership. It is observed that teachers' perceptions of shared leadership practices in general in schools have a high level of perception. In the research, in some dimensions of shared leadership, teachers' perceptions of shared leadership practices; the number of teachers in the school and the school level were found to be significantly different. Teachers' perceptions about shared leadership practices do not differ according to their working time in the same school. It was concluded that the teachers' perception of organizational cynicism levels were low. The level of organizational cynicism of the teachers was found to be significantly different according to the variables of gender, school level, working time at the same school and number of teachers in the school. According to the results of the study, a significant negative and medium level relationship was found between the perception of teachers about shared leadership practices and the levels of all dimensions of the cynicism; to stay away from institution, the factors that decrease the performance, the negative attitude towards school and the participation of employees in the implementation of decisions. Another result of the research is that a significant negative and medium-level relationship was found between the organizational cynicism levels of teachers and all sub-dimensions of shared leadership such as; completion of tasks together, mutual skill development, decentralized interaction between employees and emotional support. According to the research, it is seen that the shared leadership practices in the schools significantly predict the teachers' organizational cynicism levels at all school levels.