Examination of the relationship between social justice leadership and organizational culture in schools

This research aims to explain the relationship between social justice leadership and organizational culture in schools according to teacher perceptions. Relational screening model was used in the research. The research population consists of 584 teachers working in preschool, primary, secondary and high schools in the Kula district of Manisa province in the 2021-2022 academic year. The sample of the study consists of 380 teachers working in the Kula district of Manisa province. Easily accessible sampling method was used in the study. In the research, "Social Justice Leadership Scale" developed by Özdemir and Kütküt (2015) to determine social justice leadership in schools based on teachers' perceptions, and "Organizational Culture Scale" developed by Terzi (2005) to determine organizational culture was used. In the analysis of the data of the research, percentage, arithmetic mean, standard deviation values were calculated, t-Test, Pearson Product Moments Correlation Analysis and Anova were used. According to the results of the research, it is seen that the organizational culture is generally at a high level according to the perceptions of the teachers. It has been concluded that among the sub-dimensions of organizational culture, the "task culture" dimension is at the highest level and the "bureaucratic culture" dimension is at the lowest level compared to other sub-dimensions. It is also seen that teacher perceptions of social justice leadership in schools, which is the other variable of the research, are at a high level. It has been revealed that the "critical consciousness" sub-dimension, which is one of the sub-dimensions of social justice leadership, is higher than the other dimensionsWhen the results of the study on determining the relationship between teachers' social justice leadership and organizational culture in schools are examined, a significant, positive and moderate relationship was found between support culture and success culture, which are sub-dimensions of organizational culture, and social justice leadership. While there is a significant, positive and low level relationship between bureaucratic culture, which is the sub-dimension of organizational culture, and the sum of social justice leadership; a significant, positive and moderate relationship was found between task culture, which is the sub-dimension of organizational culture, and the sum of social justice leadership. In the study, when the results about whether the organizational culture perceptions of the teachers predict their social justice leadership perceptions; it was concluded that the culture of success and support, which is one of the dimensions of organizational culture, predicted social justice leadership at a significant and positive level, while bureaucratic and duty culture did not have a predictive effect on social justice leadership. Keywords: Organizational Culture, Social Justice Leadership, Social Justice, School Culture