The Comparison of Elementary School Administrators’ Authentic Leadership and Psychological Capital Features [doi: 10.14527/kuey.2014.001]

Abstract

In this research, it is aimed to compare elementary school administrators’ authentic leadership features and psychological capital levels. In this direction, it was targeted to determine the authentic leadership and psychological capital levels of the Elementary School Administrators of the City of Istanbul, European Part, and it was researched whether there is a relationship between authentic leadership features and psychological capital levels or not. In order to reach these purposes, Correlation Analysis was performed in determining the relationship between the Authentic Leadership Levels and the Psychological Capital Levels and Regression Analysis was performed in determining the effect of the Psychological Capital Levels on the Authentic Leadership Levels of the Administrators who work in the Elementary School in which the research was conducted. As a result of the examination of the relationship between the Authentic Leadership Levels and the Psychological Capital Levels with Correlation Analysis, a meaningful relationship between psychological capital factors and authentic leadership factors omit has emerged. Finally, when the Regression Analysis – which was performed to examine the Effect of Psychological Capital Levels on Authentic Leadership Levels – results were examined, it was concluded that authentic leadership factors were affected from psychological capital factors, in other words psychological capital factors were the predictor or explanatory of authentic leadership factors.