THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS’ OCCUPATIONAL IMAGE PERCEPTION AND THEIR ORGANIZATIONAL CITIZENSHIP BEHAVIORS

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The purpose of this study is to reveal the relationship between primary school teachers’ perceptions regarding their occupational image and organizational citizenship behaviors. This is a correlational research. The sample was selected through convenience sampling method. The sample includes 256 teachers working in primary schools located in Yenimahalle district of Ankara province. The data collection tools of the study are the “Occupational Image Scale for Teachers” and the “Organizational Citizenship Behavior Scale”. Study results indicated that teachers generally have negative opinions regarding their profession; they demonstrate high levels of organizational citizenship behaviors; there are significant relationships between the sub-dimensions of the image of teaching profession and the sub-dimensions of organizational citizenship behaviors; and occupational image perception is a predictor of such sub-dimensions of organizational citizenship behaviors as altruism/helping, conscientiousness, and civic virtue, but not sportsmanship. Study results were discussed within the context of improving the image of teaching profession and organizational citizenship behaviors.

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Teaching profession , occupational image , organizational behaviour , teacher prestige , prosocial behaviors

Abant İzzet Baysal Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi

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Abant İzzet Baysal Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi