The relationship between positive psychological capital perceptions of lower secondary school teachers and their organizational dissent perceptions.

This study was conducted to investigate the relationship between teachers' positive psychological capital perceptions and their organizational dissent perceptions. The research was conducted with a correlational survey model. The universe of the research consists of 1284 teachers working in Muş province in the 2022-2023 academic year. Simple random sampling method was used in sample selection. The sample of the study consists of 301 teachers. In order to measure teachers' positive psychological capital perceptions and organizational dissent perceptions, The Psychological Capital Scale and The Organizational Dissent Scale were used. The scales were applied face to face to the volunteer teachers. In addition to descriptive statistics such as frequency, reliability, percentage, skewness and kurtosis, reliability analysis, One-Way Analysis of Variance, t-test, Pearson Correlation test and Multiple Regression Analysis were applied to the obtained data from the scales. As a result of the research, while a significant difference was found only in the hope sub-dimension of positive psychological capital according to the variable of gender, no significant differences were found in other demographic variables. It was found that only self-efficacy predictor variable, one of sub-dimensions of psychological capital, is a significant predictor of organizational dissent. A moderate relationship was found between the general positive psychological capital and organizational dissent perceptions of teachers in a positive direction.