The relationship between school principal' narcissistic leadership behaviors and teachers' perceptions of organizational dissent

In the study, narcissistic leadership behaviors of school principals and teachers' organizational dissent levels were examined. The study was conducted using the relational survey model, one of the quantitative research methods. The population of the study consists of 5996 teacher working in primary, middle, and high schools in the central district of Batman province. As a result of using the simple random method, the sample of the study consisted of 425 teachers. The data were collected through the "Narcissistic Leadership Scale," the "Organizational Dissent Scale," the and a form containing personal information. It was determined that the data showed normal distribution. Accordingly, in addition to descriptive statistics, independent sample t test, ANOVA test, correlation a and regression analysis SPSS 24 data analysis program was used in the analysis of the research data. As a result of the research, it was determined that school principals ' narcissistic leadership behaviors and teachers' perceptions of organizational dissent were at intermediate level. As a result of the research, significant differences were found with some independent variables, while no significant differences were found with some variables. As a result of the correlation analysis, a positive and moderate relationship was found between school principals' narcissistic leadership behaviors and teachers' perceptions of organizational dissent. The regression analysis revealed that school principals' narcissistic leadership behaviors were a significant predictor of teachers' perceptions of organizational dissent. In general, it was concluded that narcissistic leadership behaviors explained 24% of the variance in organizational dissent.