Üniversitelerde Liderlik Stilleri, Örgütsel Vatandaşlık Davranışı ve Akademik Performans Arasındaki İlişkinin Bazı Değişkenler Bakımından İncelenmesi

Abstract

In this study, it was aimed to examine the relationship among organizational citizenship behaviors, leadership styles and their effects on academic performance of academic staff according to the opinions of academic staff in universities. In this context, variations of academic’s opinions were also investigated in terms of gender, age, professional seniority, academic title, the kind of faculty and universities. The research is conducted with the contribution of 291 academicians during the 2015-2016 academic year from the Hacettepe University, METU and Gazi Universities of the Ankara province. Data acquisition tool used the “Organizational Citizenship Behavior Questionaire” developed by Podsakoff and Smith, and the “Leadership Inventory, the Turkish version of the “Multifactor Leadership Questionaire”, developed by Bass and Avolio. The Academic Performance Index of the academicians is derived from their respective Academic Incentive payments established according to the Academic Incentive Regulation. Analitic methodologies of data collected during the study include the t test, ANOVA and multiple regression analyses. The structural validity of the data acquisition tools is checked with the confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). The goodness of fit values obtained by CFA confirms the validity of the factor structures. The consistency of the questionaries is verified using the Cronbach’ coefficient alpha methodology. The Cronbach’s Alpha of Organizational Citizenship Behavior Questionnaire is computed to.78 while the Leadership Inventory Questionaire, to.94. Pearson Correlation Coefficient and multivariate regression analysis techniques were used in studying the relationships between variables. The significance tests of the study were conducted at p <.05 level. The mediating effect of organizational citizenship in relation to leadership and academic performance was examined by path analysis.