School Administrators’ Tendencies towards Change

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine the school administrators’ tendencies towards change. The population of this
descriptive study was comprised of a total of 212 school administrators, 116 of whom serve in primary schools and 96 of whom serve in
secondary schools in the city centre of the province of Adiyaman, Turkey. In the study, appropriate sampling method was used and applied
to 151 school administrators from these schools who agreed to participate as volunteers. School Administrators’ Tendencies towards
Change scale was used in order to measure the participating principals’ tendencies towards change. As a result of the study, it was
determined that school administrators were mostly entrepreneurs in the case of change, that they believe in benefits of a change, that they
tend to maintain the status quo and meet change with moderate resistance. Overall, school administrators were mostly found to have
tendency towards change. School administrators’ tendencies towards change differed significantly in terms of variables of gender and
educational level, while they did not differ significantly in terms of variables including area of expertise, type of task, seniority and type
of school.