Value-centered leadership behaviours of secondary school principals

The purpose of this study is to determine secondary school principals' level of value-centered leadership behaviors. For this purpose, literature review is conducted by the researcher and "Value-Centered Leadership Scale", developed on expert opinions, is used. The scale has been implemented in three different types of schools in the city centre of Elazığ: Vocational High Schools, High Schools of Science and Anatolian High Schools. The research has been conducted in 20 schools- 10 Anatolian vocational high schools, 9 Anatolian high schools and 1 Science high school. The data are analyzed using the techniques: percentage, arithmetic mean, t test, ANOVA, Kruskal-Wallis H test, Scheffe test and Mann-Whitney U test. Based on the findings, it's seen that the participating teachers answer with "Agree" the parts: "Affecting with values", "Ethical values and appropriate behavior", "Corporate values Concern" and "Giving importance to the professional values" and answer with "Partially agree" the part "Having personal values" in the scale of values-centered leadership. The most striking finding is the lower level of the teachers' opinions in having personal values. According to the findings obtained from the study, there isn't a significant difference in the participating teachers' views of gender, industry, education level variables. On the other hand, according to professional experience, type of school and age variables, it has reached significant differences. These results are discussed and recommendations have been developed for policy makers, practitioners and researchers. Keywords: Leadership, Value, Value-Centered Leadership, Manager, Secondary Schools, Management with Values