The relationship between the trust to the manager and organizational happiness in term of basic education teachers'(example of the province Sakarya)

The aim of this research is to reveal the relationship between the trust of the teachers working in primary education institutions and the level of organizational happiness. The population of the research consists of teachers working in primary and secondary schools in Adapazarı, Serdivan, Erenler and Arifiye which are central districts of Sakarya Province. Relational survey model was used in the study. As a data collection tool, "The "Personal Information Form", which was created for the compilation of demographic information, "Manager Confidence Scale", which was developed by İslamoğlu, Birsel and Börü (2007), and "Organizational Happiness Scale", which was adapted to Turkish by Arslan and Polat (2017) was used. In the spring semester of the 2018-2019 academic year, 411 teachers participated in the study. The data obtained from the study were analysed with SPSS 23 program. The Spearman's Correlation (r) Test, Mann Whitney U Test, Kruskal Wallis Test, Tamhane's T2 Test from One-Way ANOVA Post-Hoc Tests were applied in accordance with the categorical characteristics of the data collected and the relationship sought. According to the findings obtained from the analyzes, it was determined that teachers' perceptions of trust in administrators and organizational happiness were high. There was generally a moderate positive correlation between the sub-dimensions of the trust to the manager and the sub-dimensions of the organizational happiness scale. Significant relationships were found between some of the personal variables and teachers' perceptions of trust in administrators and organizational happiness. Keywords: Educational Organizations, Teachers, Trust in Managers, Organizational Happiness