Determination of organizational uncertainty levels in schools

The purpose of this study is to determine the responses of administrators and teachers against the uncertainties they face in schools and to examine the variables affecting them (gender, type of task, type of school, and organizational uncertainty). The research is based on a descriptive survey model. The population of the pilot application is the administrators and teachers based in Kurtalan district of Siirt and the population of the second application is the administrators and teachers who work in public schools located in the province of Siirt. The convenience sampling method was used. The data were collected by the "Scale of Organizational Uncertainty in Schools" developed by the researcher. The reliability and validity of the scale developed by exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis was tested. As a result, it has a three-dimensional structure with 25 items, including Organizational Uncertainty-Based Negativities (OCD), OCD-Administrative Practices, and OCD Individual Negativities. Structural regression model was applied among the examined variables. According to the findings of the research, a significant difference was determined in terms of gender, type of task and school type in the average of perception level of OCD Organizational Negativities. A significant difference was found in the type of duty and school type in the average level of perception level of OCD Administrative Practices. In addition, there was a significant difference in the average of perception level of individual negativities of OCD Individual Negativities according to gender and school type variables. Keywords: Uncertainty, Organizational Uncertainty, School, Chaos