The relationships between organizational structure and organizational health in primary schools

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationships between organizational structure and organizational health according to the perceptions of primary school teachers. For this purpose, it was examined that the relationships between primary schools' structural properties and organizational health and its dimensions; whether structural properties affect organizational health and its dimensions. Selected by proportional cluster sampling, a total of 431 teachers working at the primary schools in centre of Denizli participated to the study. The data was collected by "Primary Schools Structural Properties Inventory" developed by the researchers and "Organizational Health Inventory" developed by Akbaba (1997). The data was analyzed by using the Sperman rho correlation tests and logistic regression analysis. According to the results, there is a positive relationship between complexity, formalization and organizational health; and negative relationship between centralization and organizational health. Teachers' perceptions of complexity and formalization in their schools affect their perceptions whether their school is healthy or not.