مرکز منطقه ای اطلاع رساني علوم و فناوري - Effects of Teachers’ Collective Efficacy with Organizational Socialization and Identification Levels

Abstract :

The main aim of this research is to determine the relation among organizational socialization, organizational identification and collective efficacy of the teachers who are charged in high schools. Furthermore we have intended to determine if there is statistically meaningful differences among organizational socialization, organizational identification and collective efficacy of the teachers according to demographic variables and if organizational socialization and organizational identification are predictors of teachers’ collective efficacy. The population of this relational survey research consists of 777 teachers, working in eighteen high schools in provincial centre of Bolu in 2013-2014 academic year. Four survey instruments were used in the research. The first one was personal inquiry form that was created for a short explanatory information about survey instruments and a collecting knowledge with respect to participants to survey. The other survey instruments were Organizational Socialization Scale, Organizational Identification Questionnaire, Teachers’ Collective Efficacy Questionnaire. Social identity dimension of identification is at ‘neither agree nor disagree’ degree. It is found that teachers’ seniority at current school and gender have significant effect on collective efficacy. Teachers’ seniority, the number of educational hours per week and type of their school have significant effect on teachers’ levels of organizational socialization and organizational identification with collective efficacy, the number of students has significant effect on social identity. According to results, it is found that organizational socialization and organizational identification with collective efficacy have positive, statistically significant and medium level relationship. Organizational socialization and organizational identification are predictors of teachers’ collective efficacy.