The perceived organizational support level of primary school teachers

Abstract

In this study, the primary school teachers' perceived organizational support levels have been examined. The sample of the study consists of 494 teachers working in 17 primary schools which were chosen from these districts by cluster sampling method. Perceived Organizational Support Scale developed by the researcher and Personal Information Form has been used to collect data. Kruskal Wallis analysis and Mann-Whitney U test were used to analyze data. According to the results of the study, teachers in primary schools perceive the highest level of organizational support in instructional support dimension, the lowest level of organizational support in administrative support dimension. The perceived organizational support of teachers is not differentiated in accordance with gender, branch, education status and received the award for its achievements in vocational. The perceived organizational support of teachers is differentiated in according to age. While the justice which is the subscale of organizational support is differentiated according to vocational experience, instructional and administrative support is not differentiated in according to vocational experience.