The analysis of relationship between organizational power and organizational trust

Purpose of this study is to determine the relationship between organizational power and organizational trust according to the perception of the teachers. The research is designed as a relational model and the sample of the study consists of 266 teachers, who were determined using criterion sampling technique. Data were collected using two scales. One of the scales used in the research is “Organizational Power Sources” scale, developed by Zafer (2008), it contains five sub-dimensions, namely expert, referent, reward, legitimate and coercive whereas the other is “Organizational Trust” scale developed by Daboval, Comish and Swindle and Gaster (1994) and adapted to Turkish by Yılmaz (2005). Pearson Product-Moment Correlation Analysis and Multiple Linear Regression Analysis are the techniques used to analyze the data. The results revealed that sub-dimensions of organizational power significantly predicted organizational trust scores

The analysis of relationship between organizational power and organizational trust

Purpose of this study is to determine the relationship between organizational power and organizational trust according to the perception of the teachers. The research is designed as a relational model and the sample of the study consists of 266 teachers, who were determined using criterion sampling technique. Data were collected using two scales. One of the scales used in the research is “Organizational Power Sources” scale, developed by Zafer (2008), it contains five sub-dimensions, namely expert, referent, reward, legitimate and coercive whereas the other is “Organizational Trust” scale developed by Daboval, Comish and Swindle and Gaster (1994) and adapted to Turkish by Yılmaz (2005). Pearson Product-Moment Correlation Analysis and Multiple Linear Regression Analysis are the techniques used to analyze the data. The results revealed that sub-dimensions of organizational power significantly predicted organizational trust scores

Women Administrators in Education: Leadership Behavior Assessment According to Teachers' Perceptions

The purpose of this study is to reveal leadership behaviors of women administrators in education. The research was designed using the survey model and it was conducted with 936 randomly selected teachers who work on the schools administered by women administrators, in Istanbul. The Leader Behavior Description Questionnaire (Hemphill & Coones, 1957) has been used for data collection. T-test and ANOVA techniques have been used for data analysis. As the result of the research, it has been found that women administrators usually show "initiation of structure" type leadership behaviors

The interrelations of radiologic findings and mechanical ventilation in community acquired pneumonia patients admitted to the intensive care unit: a multicentre retrospective study

BACKGROUND: We evaluated patients admitted to the intensive care units with the diagnosis of community acquired pneumonia (CAP) regarding initial radiographic findings. METHODS: A multicenter retrospective study was held. Chest x ray (CXR) and computerized tomography (CT) findings and also their associations with the need of ventilator support were evaluated. RESULTS: A total of 388 patients were enrolled. Consolidation was the main finding on CXR (89%) and CT (80%) examinations. Of all, 45% had multi-lobar involvement. Bilateral involvement was found in 40% and 44% on CXR and CT respectively. Abscesses and cavitations were rarely found. The highest correlation between CT and CXR findings was observed for interstitial involvement. More than 80% of patients needed ventilator support. Noninvasive mechanical ventilation (NIV) requirement was seen to be more common in those with multi-lobar involvement on CXR as 2.4-fold and consolidation on CT as 47-fold compared with those who do not have these findings. Invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV) need increased 8-fold in patients with multi-lobar involvement on CT. CONCLUSION: CXR and CT findings correlate up to a limit in terms of interstitial involvement but not in high percentages in other findings. CAP patients who are admitted to the ICU are severe cases frequently requiring ventilator support. Initial CT and CXR findings may indicate the need for ventilator support, but the assumed ongoing real practice is important and the value of radiologic evaluation beyond clinical findings to predict the mechanical ventilation need is subject for further evaluation with large patient series

Measurement invariance of the phubbing scale across 20 countries

Mobile phone addiction is a robust phenomenon observed throughout the world. The social aspect of mobile phone use is crucial; therefore, phubbing is a part of the mobile phone addiction phenomenon. Phubbing is defined as ignoring an interlocutor by glancing at one's mobile phone during a face-to-face conversation. The main aim of this study was to investigate how the Phubbing Scale (containing 10 items) might vary across countries, and between genders. Data were collected in 20 countries: Belarus, Brazil, China, Croatia, Ecuador, India, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey, UK, Ukraine and USA. The mean age across the sample (N = 7696, 65.8% women, 34.2% men) was 25.32 years (SD = 9.50). The cross-cultural invariance of the scale was investigated using multigroup confirmatory factor analyses (MGCFA) as well as the invariance analyses. Additionally, data from each country were assessed individually via confirmatory factor analyses (CFAs). We obtained two factors, based on only eight of the items: (a) communication disturbances and (b) phone obsession. The 8 items Phubbing Scale

Views of School Managers and Teachers Regarding the School Councils Project

The purpose of this study is to determine teachers' views regarding democracy education and the Project for School Councils which have been used in schools in Turkey. In the study, the researchers developed a perception scale for the project (PSPDA), which was administered to the teachers. Based on the results of this research, female teachers and elementary school teachers had more positive views than male teachers and high school teacher. Although staff members have had positive views regarding the school councils project, the lack of power and responsibility of the councils will turn project practices into a mere ritual

Views of School Managers and Teachers Regarding the School Councils Project

The purpose of this study is to determine teachers' views regarding democracy education and the Project for School Councils which have been used in schools in Turkey. In the study, the researchers developed a perception scale for the project (PSPDA), which was administered to the teachers. Based on the results of this research, female teachers and elementary school teachers had more positive views than male teachers and high school teacher. Although staff members have had positive views regarding the school councils project, the lack of power and responsibility of the councils will turn project practices into a mere ritual

A Study of the Relationship between the Prospective Teachers' Attitudes toward the Teaching Profession and Their Preferred Coping Strategies with Stress

WOS: 000273188400022The purpose of this study was to explore the relationships between prospective teachers' attitudes towards the teaching profession and their preferred coping strategies with stress. A relational model was used to determine the relations between these concepts. The study group consisted of 262 prospective teachers in a college of education in Turkey. Two scales were used to collect the data. The Scale of Attitude toward the Teaching Profession (SATTP) was developed by Ustuner (2006) and consists of 34 items and the Scale of Coping with Stress (SCS) was developed by Lazaruz & Folkman (1984) and adapted into Turkish by Sahin & Durak (1995). T-test, Pearson Product-Moment Correlation Coefficient and MANOVA techniques were used to analyze the data. The findings showed that there was a noticeable statistical meaningful relationship between student teachers' attitudes toward the teaching profession and some of their preferred coping strategies with stress. The findings were discussed based on the literature

Why research productivity of some scientists is higher? Effects of social, economic and cultural capital on research productivity

In the past decades, the awareness about the concept of research productivity at higher education institutions has improved which led to an increase in the number of studies dealing with the subject. Such studies mostly deal with correlations between research productivity and organizational elements, gender, age, professional experience, and alma mater characteristics. To provide an innovative dimension to the existing studies this study focuses on the interaction between the research productivity of the scientists and their childhood period and childhood setting. In this context, the aim of our study is to examine the effects of cultural, economic, and social capitals on research productivity of both scientists’ current status and their parents’ during their childhood. The data were collected from 9499 faculty members through a survey questionnaire which included items on cultural, economic, and social capital. The data on research productivity of the participants were taken from the Web of Science. The major findings of the study are as follows: (a) Turkish scientists both have lower levels of parents’ level of-during childhood- and their current level of cultural capital, and they mostly come from families with the lower-middle economic level; (b) they have medium level social capital; (c) cultural and social capitals together can account for 69% of research productivity, and the order of the related items are found to be childhood objectified cultural capital, current embodied cultural capital and parents’ embodied cultural capital during childhood; (d) among social capital structures, relational social capital is the strongest predictor of research productivity and (e) economic capital is not a significant predictor of research productivity. We believe that our current findings contribute to the studies on higher education research by uncovering the new relationships between structures