Abstract
The Impact of Communication Skills of Administrators Working in Independent Kindergartens on Organizational Climate
The main aim of this research is to examine the impact of communication skills of
school administrators on organizational climate, base on the views of preschool teachers
working in independent kindergartens in Diyarbakır central districts (Bağlar, Kayapınar,
Sur, Yenişehir). Relational scanning model was used in this research designed as a
descriptive study. The population of the study consists of 270 preschool teachers working
in 28 official independent kindergartens in the central districts of Diyarbakır province
in the 2018-2019 academic year. As the population has been tried to be reached by not
taking samples. For this purpose, the scale was delivered to 241 teachers employed in
27 formal independent kindergartens and the all returning scales were evaluated. As
data collection tool, “Communication Skills Scale” and “Organizational Climate Scale”
were used. Data obtained from the study was analyzed with SPSS (Statistical Package
for the Social Sciences) package programme. For (Independent) samples in the analysis
of data, t – test, one - way varlence analysis (ANOVA), Kruskal-Wallis H Test, Scheffe
and Mann-Whitney U test were used. In addition, Multiple Linear Regression Analysis
was performed to determine the levels of independent variables predicting dependent
variables. According to the findings, while preschool teachers think that school managers
have higher level of communication skills for “informing”, independent kindergartens
have higher level of “organizational aim” in terms of organizational climate. In addition,
it has been found that the communication skills of school administrators for “informing”
and “attitude and behavior” are meaningful predicters on the organizational climate in
kindergartens.
Keywords
Preschool Education, İndependent Kindergarden, Communicaiton Skills, Organizaitonal Climate, Teacher
