The affect of leadership styles of school managers on employee motivation: A case for Rize province

The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between school administrators' leadership styles and teachers' motivation level. For this purpose a total of 480 teachers working in Rize province and districts have been included to the study. Survey method has been used in obtaining the data. Analysis of the data obtained from the study was obtained by applying descriptive statistics as average, standard deviation, percentage distributions, t-test, ANOVA and Kruskal Wallis-H test in the SPSS 20.0 software. As a result of study, transformational leadership style and subscales of school administrators were higher than transactional leadership according to teacher perceptions .It was observed that leadership styles of school administrators in teacher perceptions did not change according to demographic characteristics, there were not any differences in motivation except gender factor, male teachers had higher motivation and both of transformational and transactional leadership styles increased motivation. In addition, school administrators leadership styles and motivation levels of teachers vary according to the province's districts in where teachers live. At the same time, in the subscales of the motivation level of teachers' motivation; it was found to vary in "Promotion", "Relations with Colleagues-Prestige", "Manager Behavior", "Fee", "Work Environment and Conditions", "Development Opportunities and Self-Actualization", "Participation and Decision Management". As a result of studies, it can be suggested that service training activities and seminars can be arranged to increase the motivation of women by creating progress and development opportunities in business life. At the same time, it can be recommended to school administrators to satisfy the social needs of their employees by organizing sporting, artistic and educational activities inside or outside to provide motivation in the organization. Moreover, it can be suggested that school administrators mustn't treat their employees intrusively, must be satisfied with the work, distinguish good employees and bad employees and be more encouraging in progress and development. Key Words: Leadership, Transactional leadership, Transformational leadership motivation, School.