Effect of school directors leadership styles on organizational health (case of Ankara)

Leadership styles of primary school directors and health of schools matterscame up with the concept of effective school. In this study; official primary schoolteachers? opinion of their school?s health, according to their perception of directors?transformational and interactional leadership style were researched.In order to find out leadership styles; Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire(MLQ) elaborated by Bass and Avolio, and Organizational Health Inventory (OHI)elaborated by Hoy, Tarter and Kottkamp were used.In the study, six dimensions of organizational health and three dimensions oftransformational and interactional leadership were tested. Multiple regressionanalysis and t-test were applied on the derived data in scope of the research. In thestudy, leadership styles of school directors used as independent variable andorganizational leadership used as dependent variable.Research universe consists of primary school teachers of Ankara province?scentral counties and sample consists of randomly selected primary school teachers ofAnkara province?s central counties.According to research results; idealized effect, intellectual stimulation andindividual support dimension of transformational leadership has positive correlationwith academic importance, organizational integrity, director?s effect, resourcesupport, teacher devotion and professional leadership dimensions of organizationalhealth. Especially it is determined that dimension of idealized effect is moreeffective than other two dimensions of transformational leadership.Key Words: Transcactional leadersihp,Transformational leadership,Organizational Health,Scholl Health