Investigation of Teachers’ Perceptions of Nepotism in School Management and Organizational Ethical Climate

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10.2991/978-94-6463-686-4_28How to use a DOI?

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Teachers; Organizational Ethics; Nepotism

Abstract

This research aimed to investigate the relationship between teachers’ perceptions of school administrators’ nepotism and the organizational ethical climate. The study employed a relational screening model, involving 331 voluntary teachers from public schools in the Akçakoca District of Düzce province during the 2023–2024 academic year. Data were collected using the Organizational Ethical Climate Scale and Nepotism in School Management Scale. Mean, standard deviation, and correlation analyses were conducted for data analysis. According to the obtained results, teachers’ perception levels towards the organizational ethical climate scale ranged predominantly at the level of “mostly true” in the total scale and across the sub-dimensions of social responsibility, rules, self-seeking benevolence, efficiency and “sometimes true” in the sub-dimension of principles. Teachers’ perception levels towards nepotism in school administration scale were rated as “never” in the total scale and in the sub-dimensions of evaluation and planning, while rated as “rarely” in the sub-dimensions of coordination and organization. A low and medium level negative relationship was found between teachers’ perceptions of organizational ethical climate and nepotism in school administration. A low level negative significant relationship was found between the total of the organizational ethical climate scale and the total of the nepotism in school management scale and evaluation, coordination, organization, planning sub-dimensions. A low level negative significant relationship was found between the total score of nepotism in school administration scale and the sub-dimensions of organizational ethical climate, namely social responsibility, rules, self-seeking benevolence, principles and efficiency. Several suggestions were proposed to mitigate nepotism in school management and foster a robust organizational ethical climate, including encouraging managerial participation in decision-making processes, ensuring transparency, conducting evaluations objectively and fairly, demonstrating managerial behaviors that provide equal opportunities to all staff, and implementing regular training to enhance awareness of ethical standards among employees.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Yalçın Ibiş
AU  - Mehmet Ismetoğlu
AU  - Şenay Sezgin Nartgün
PY  - 2025
DA  - 2025/04/28
TI  - Investigation of Teachers’ Perceptions of Nepotism in School Management and Organizational Ethical Climate
BT  - Proceeding of the 10th International Conference on Lifelong Education and Leadership for ALL (ICLEL 2024)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 382
EP  - 396
SN  - 2667-128X
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6463-686-4_28
DO  - 10.2991/978-94-6463-686-4_28
ID  - Ibiş2025
ER  -