Predicting transformational leadership levels of administrators by psychological well-being and other certain variables

This is a descriptive study aiming to examine whether administrators' levels of transformational leadership is predicted by psychological well-being and other certain variables. The study universe consists of 1850 school administrators (principals, chief vice-principals, and vice-principals) working at public institutions of primary and secondary education (primary, secondary, and high schools) in Bağcılar, Bahçelievler, Bakırköy, Başakşehir, Bayrampaşa, Esenler, Güngören, and Zeytinburnu districts located on the European side of Istanbul in 2014-2015 academic year. The study sample of 322 school administrators was formed through random sampling from the study universe. The "Psychological Well-Being Scale (PIOO), the "Transformational Leadership Scale (DLO)", and a "Personal Information Form" were employed to obtain the data. The scales were administered to the School Administrators for data collection. SPSS 21 Software Package was used for data analysis. A Simple Regression analysis was performed in order to ascertain whether the administrators' levels of transformational leadership is significantly predicted by psychological well-being, gender, marital status, seniority and the job status. The level of significance for the study was determined to be .05. The study examines whether psychological well-being significantly predicts administrators' levels of transformational leadership. The study results demonstrated that the psychological well-being variable is a significant predictor of administrators' transformational leadership behavior. The mean transformational leadership score of the administrators with high levels of psychological well-being was significantly higher than that of those with low psychological well-being levels. The study also investigated whether gender significantly predicts administrators' levels of transformational leadership. The results showed that the gender variable is not a significant level of administrators' transformational leadership behavior. There was no significant difference between the mean transformational leadership score of female and male administrators. Another problematic of the study was to examine whether marital status significantly predicts administrators' levels of transformational leadership. The study's results revealed that the marital status variable is another significant predictor for administrators' transformational leadership behavior. The mean transformational leadership score for married administrators was found to be significantly higher than that of single administrators. The study also attempted to find out whether seniority significantly predict administrators' transformational leadership levels. The results showed that the seniority variable is a significant predictor of administrators' transformational leadership behavior. The administrators with greater seniority had significantly higher mean transformational leadershipscore when compared to those with less seniority. Finally, the study examined whether job status (principal or vice-principal) significantly predictadministrators' levels of transformational leadership. The results revealed the job status variable to be a significant predictor of administrators' transformational leadership behavior. The administrators acting as school principals had significantly higher mean transformational leadership score than those acting as vice-principals. Keywords: Transformational Leadership, Psychological Well-Being, Administrator