The Relationship Between Secondary School Teachers’ Perception of Organizational Justice and School Climate

Authors : Mustafa Kemer, Soner Polat

Pages : 148-165

Doi:10.17275/per.22.59.9.3

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Publication Date : 2022-05-01

Article Type : Research

Abstract :In this research, it is aimed to reveal the relationship between secondary school teachers’ perception of organizational justice and their perception of school climate. The research is a relational descriptive study in which the survey model is used. The sample of the study consists of 370 teachers selected by convenient sampling method among the teachers working in the general and imam hatip secondary schools in Izmit district of Kocaeli province in the academic year 2020-2021. "Organizational Justice Scale" and "Organizational Climate Scale" were used as data collection tools. In the analysis of the data, Pearson correlation coefficient was calculated for the relationship between variables, and simple linear regression analysis and multiple linear regression analysis were performed for predictive variables. As a result of the study, it was determined that there is a positive, moderately significant relationship between organizational justice and school climate. It was found that teachers’ perceptions of organizational justice are a significant predictor of school climate, and the order of importance of the sub-dimensions of organizational justice in explaining school climate is "procedural justice”, "distributive justice”, and "interactional justice”. In addition, the research findings show that organizational justice affects the supportive principal behavior, which is one of the sub-dimensions of the school climate, the most.
Keywords : orgnizational justice, school climate, secondary school, teacher