The reflections of high school principals' organizational/administrative values on school society

The purpose of this study is to ascertain the perceptions of school principals, teachers, and students regarding the reflection of secondary school principals' organizational values within the school society. Conducted with a phenomenological design -a qualitative research method- the study group comprised school principals, teachers, and students from public high schools in Balıkesir province. The semi-structured interview forms as data collection instruments, conducting interviews with 15 school principals, 20 teachers, and 8 students. The content analysis revealed 30 organizational values emerged according to the views of school principals, 39 according to the views of teachers and 16 according to the views of students. School principals' organizational values were categorized into four sub-themes: "individual-oriented values", "relationship-oriented values", "development-oriented values", and "administration-oriented values". School principals identified democracy, cooperation, openness to consultation, obedience to authority, and the ability to compromise as prominent values in their schools. Teachers' perceptions grouped organizational values into three sub-themes: "values attributed to school principals", "values materialized in the school climate", and " lost values at school ". The values they highlighted include communication openness, discipline, justice, unity, and the ability to compromise. According to the students, organizational values, categorized into "relational values", "individual values", and "structural values", featured discipline, authority, democracy, problem-solving, and communication openness. This research indicates that organizational values recognized by diverse stakeholder groups considerably influence the schools' operations and culture. These shared and contrasting perceptions amongst students, teachers, and school principals provide valuable guidance for school leaders in fostering and maintaining organizational values.