The effect of school headqarters ethical attidudes on teachers organizational commitment: The case of Ordu

The aim of the study is to examine whether there is a relationship between the ethical attitudes of school administrators and the organizational commitment of teachers throughout Ordu Province. With the research, it was tried to reveal whether there is a significant relationship between the ethical leadership behavior levels of school administrators and teachers' organizational commitment behaviors according to the variables of gender, age, professional seniority, teaching field, graduate education status, type of institution and I love my profession. The study group of the research consisted of 503 teachers selected by random sampling method representing 11164 teachers working in schools in Ordu in the 2021-2022 academic year. The participants who formed the sample were given the "Demographic Information Form", a 5-point Likert-type "Ethical Leadership Scale" with 44 questions, including 4 dimensions, developed by Yılmaz (2005), and a total of 27, including 3 dimensions developed by Balay (2000). A 5-point Likert-type "Organizational Commitment Scale" was applied. The research was conducted using the relational screening model method, which is one of the quantitative research models. The distribution of the demographic data of the sample group was analyzed by frequency analysis. One-way analysis of variance, tukey test and Student's t-test were used to analyze the data. Pearson correlation coefficient was used to determine the relationship between the scales. The data were analyzed in the SPSS 22.0 V statistical package program with a confidence level of 97% in the Ethical Leadership Scale and 92% in the Organizational Commitment Scale. As a result of the analysis of the data obtained in the research, it was determined that the effect of the ethical attitudes of school administrators on the organizational commitment of the teachers had a moderately significant positive relationship. According to the results of the regression analysis, the level of school administrators showing ethical leadership behaviors explains the organizational commitment levels of teachers in a statistically significant way. As the level of ethical leadership attitudes and behaviors of school administrators increases, teachers' commitment to the school increases. Keywords: Ethics, Ethical Leadership, Manager, Organization, Organizational Commitment, Teacher.