With the paternalist leadership levels of school managers the relationship between teachers' perceptions of organizational support

In this study, it was aimed to determine the relationship between the paternalist leadership characteristics of school administrators and the organizational support perceptions of classroom teachers. The universe of the study is composed of classroom teachers working in primary schools located in the center of Malatya. In order to determine the sample of the study, primary schools in Malatya city center were accepted as a cluster and 20 primary schools were determined according to this group. The scales used in the research to distribute measurements on all teachers in primary schools were distributed and among these teachers 405 class teachers formed the sample of the study. The results obtained from 405 classroom teachers are generalized to all the class teachers in the city center of Malatya. The type of sample determined in this way is called the Uniform Cluster Sampling. Personal Information Form, Paternalist Leadership Scale and Organizational Support Scale were used to collect the research data. Data collected from the 405 class teachers with the data collection tools were analyzed and the data were analyzed by using SPPS 25 package program. In the analysis of the data, One-Way Variance Analysis was used for the variables of independent sample t-Test, educational status, professional seniority, number of teachers in the school where the students were working and working time variables for gender variable taking into account the sub-problems of the study. In addition, correlation analysis was performed to determine the relationship between variables. When we look at the general average of class teachers' answers in terms of working time in the school, it is observed that classroom teachers with school working time between 4-6 years see school administrators as more paternalistic, but the paternalist leadership perceptions of those working in the same school for 4-6 years are not significant in later years. It was determined in the research. In the study, it was concluded that the perception of paternalist leadership increased with the increase in the seniority in line with the findings obtained in terms of the seniority of the seniority. According to this result, there is a positive relationship between professional seniority and paternalist leadership. In addition, it was concluded that there was a negative correlation between paternalist leadership and education. Keywords: Leadership, Paternalist Leadership, Organizational Support