Evaluation of Transformational and Transactional Leadership Perceptions of Health Services Vocational School Managers

This study was carried out to determine multiple leadership style perception level and general leadership perception level of academics in management positions in Health Services Vocational Schools in Turkey and whether this perceptions vary according to some determined variables. The universe of the study is composed of academics in management positions in Health Services Vocational Schools in Turkey. The sample of the study consists of 87 academicians who take charge in the management level in Health Services Vocational Schools that accept to participate in the study voluntarily. In the research, questionnaire was used as a data collection tool. General leadership perception scale, multiple leadership scale and six demographic questions were used in the questionnaire. Mann-Whitney U and Kruskal-Wallis tests were used in the analysis of the data. Bonferroni correction was taken into consideration in determining the level of significance in the Mann-Whitney U tests performed for binary comparisons of variables with significant differences compared to the Kruskal-Wallis test. According to the findings obtained in the research, 60.9% of healthcare vocational school administrators stated that they see themselves as leaders, while 34.5% state that they define themselves as a partial leader. Overall, all positive multiple leadership sub-dimension scores of managers were found to be high. In the research, significant differences were determined in the multiple leadership sub-dimensions according to age, gender, year of employment, administrative position, marital status and academic title. As a result of the research, it has been determined that the administrative academicians, who generally works in the management level of vocational schools of health services, are open to change and development and have a positive approach.

Keywords

Leadership, Leadership Styles, Transformational Leadership, Interactive Leadership, Vocational School.