OKUL YÖNETİCİLERİNİN POLİTİK BECERİ DÜZEYLERİNİN BAZI DEĞİŞKENLERE GÖRE İNCELENMESİ
AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE POLITICAL SKILLS OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS IN TERMS OF SOME VARIABLES

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of this study was to examine the political skills of school administrators in terms of some variables. The relational screening method was used. Using stratified sampling method, a total of 235 school administrators working in different districts of Kayseri province of Turkey were recruited in this study. The data were obtained through the Political Skill Inventory (PSI), consisting of four subdimensions, such as “social astuteness”, “interpersonal influence”, “networking ability”, “apparent sincerity”. Based on the analysis, this study shows that school administrators’ political skills were found to be at high level. Further, the highest mean score was apparent sincerity whereas the lowest mean score was social astuteness. Another finding from this study was that those aged 50 and above had higher scores in the apparent sincerity subdimension than the ones aged 20-35. Further, the results indicated that the school principals had higher scores in networking ability and apparent sincerity subdimensions than the vice principals. The school administrators who have been serving at least 20 years or more had higher scores in social astuteness than the others. This work provides insights into the school administration, by suggesting that the school administrators can know the environment well, react more appropriately, adapt easily, and realize their social roles as their administrative status and their working experiences increase. What is more, it can be noted that the longer durations they serve, the better they can understand others, have good relationships, become more extroverted and social. Several recommendations are provided.

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