The Correlation Between Transformational Leadership Characteristics of School Administrators and School Safety

Abstract

This study attempts to comparatively explore the correlation between transformational leadership characteristics of school administrators and school safety in teachers’ views. The sample of the research with a survey model consists of a total of 744 teachers employed in the central districts of the province of Mersin. In the research, the “Transformational Leadership Scale” and the “School Safety Scale” are incorporated as data gathering instruments. Arithmetic mean, standard deviation, pearson’s product-moment correlation and multiple linear regression analysis technique are employed for the analysis of the data obtained from the study. It has been concluded that the transformational leadership characteristics of the participant school administrators are significant predictors of school safety in the participant teachers’ views.