SENDİKA TEMSİLCİLERİNİN LİDERLİK TUTUM VE DAVRANIŞLARININ SENDİKAL BAĞLILIK ÜZERİNE ETKİSİ SAKARYA İLİ ÖRNEĞİ
THE EFFECT OF LEADERSHIP ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIORS ON TRADE UNION COMMITMENT: SAMPLE OF SAKARYA PROVINCE

Summary/Abstract: Trade unions have a great importance in terms of protecting the rights and interests of employees. The union is a group of people (workers, employers and public officials) who come together to get better wages, working conditions and a safer working environment. The role and importance of trade union managers in carrying out their activities effectively is very important. Leadership is the person who directs people towards a specific purpose, while the leader is the one who influences people and directs them towards a common purpose. In terms of trade unions, the leader is the person who takes care of the rights and interests of the members, supports the education and development of its members, ensures the participation of its members in the trade union activities, increases the loyalty of the members to the union and directs them for the purposes of the unions.The union is a legal entity that is created to protect and develop the common economic, social and professional rights and interests of employees. Union commitment is related to members' sense of belonging to the union. Members show their loyalty to the union by taking an active role in line with the objectives of the union along with the desire to become a member of the union for a long time and voluntary work for the union. The person who will encourage and support the members at this point is the workplace union representative with the union manager.Workplace union representatives play an active role in the promotion of the union, the recruitment of new members, participation of the members in the activities and increasing their loyalty to the unionIn order to achieve all this, workplace union representatives need to have honest, reliable, charismatic personality traits and their ability to affect people and a sense of justice. Because of the high level of mission and critical importance, the selection of the workplace union representatives with leadership characteristics and the development of their leadership characteristics are critical for the trade union administrations.It is believed that the leadership characteristics of workplace union representatives are effective in bringing new members to trade unions, keeping members present and increasing trade union loyalty among members. In this context, the purpose of the research is to determine the effects of leadership behavior characteristics of the workplace union representatives on the trade union commitment of the members of the Sakarya public educational institutions.The sample of the research is composed of union member teachers in pre-school, primary and secondary schools in the educational institutions in Sakarya. Of the 11,275 public officials working in 693 schools in the Ministry of National Education in Sakarya, 8,330 are members of the union. The first three trade unions in Sakarya, respectively, are as follows: Eğitim Bir-Sen, Türk Eğitim-Sen, Eğitim-Sen. The research was conducted with teachers from these three trade unions.In this study, data were collected from the quantitative research methods which are objectively, quantifiable in terms of object and events. The questionnaire form which was prepared for the purpose of the research was used as a data collection tool and a questionnaire was applied to 380 union member teachers through face-to-face interviews. The questionnaire consisted of a 24-item Leadership Behavioral Attitude Scale and a scale consisting of 30 statements to measure the members' trade union commitment. In the analysis of the data obtained from the study, SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences) for Windows Version 24.0 program was used. While analyzing the data, frequency, mean, percentage, factor analysis, correlation and simple regression analysis methods were used.According to the research results, the characteristics of the workplace union representatives are as follows: Union RepresentativesThey are friendlyThey attach importance to others' ideas and suggestionsTrust their subordinatesThey do not hesitate to take risks when making decisionsThey try to do everything themselvesObjectively determine the areas of responsibility of the people they work withOpen and honest methodologyDo not refrain from giving duties and responsibilities to othersDon't worry about criticismThey are open to new ideas and thoughtsFollow the current plans and projects closelyGive importance to obeying rules and principlesThey are excited to produce new projectsThey always appreciate people with high performance in their surroundingsDefend subordinates in negative situationsThey do not make decisions on their own.Open to innovationsCreate opportunities to eliminate conflictsThey act justly against their subordinatesMake the right decisions while under stressDescribe the goals and objectives clearlyThey are very careful and careful when planning.They are flexible and open to changeThey are consistent. As a result of the analyzes:· The KMO value of the leadership behavior trait scale was calculated as 0.98. In addition, according to the Barlett sphericity test (X2(276) =9755.080, p=0,000 p<0.01) it is understood that the chi-square values are meaningful. The reliability values of the scale (Cronbach alpha) were calculated as 0.98.· Union Commitment Scale; The KMO value was calculated as 0.90 according to the results of the analysis. In addition, according to the Barlett sphericity test (X2(435) =4440.675, p=0,000 p<0.01) it is understood that the chi-square values are meaningful. The reliability values of the scale (Cronbach alpha) were calculated as 0, 81. · The mean of the leadership behavior scale was m = 4,0092 and the overall average of the trade union loyalty scale was calculated as m = 3,3830.· As a result of the correlation analysis of the Leadership Behavior Traits and the trade union commitment scale, there was a positive correlation between the leadership behavior characteristics and trade union commitment (r = 0.583, p = 0.000 p <0.01).· A simple regression analysis was conducted to measure the effect of leadership behavior characteristics on union commitment. Leadership behavior characteristics explain union commitment by 34%. A one-unit increase in leadership behavior characteristics indicates that the union commitment increased by 0.345. Leadership behavior characteristics have a positive and significant relationship on trade union commitment (β = 0.345, p = 0.000 p <0.05).According to the results of the analysis, it was found that the leadership behavior characteristics of the workplace union representatives had an effect on the trade union commitment of the members.

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