Evaluation of school administrator’s life quality in terms of some certain variables

Bu çalışmada okul yöneticilerinin, cinsiyet ve ekonomik durumlarına göre yaşam kalitesi ve benlik saygısı düzeylerinin değişip değişmediği incelenmiştir. Araştırmada veriler ölçeklerle toplanmıştır. Araştırma sonucunda, sosyal ve çevre alt boyutlarında yaşam kalitesinin erkek yöneticilerde daha yüksek görüldüğü, bedensel, ruhsal ve benlik saygısı boyutlarında cinsiyetler arası farklılığın oluşmadığı gözlenmiştir. Öte yandan ekonomik durumu iyi olan yöneticilerin yaşam kalitesinin de yüksek olduğu gözlenmiştir. Aynı zamanda benlik saygısı ile yaşam kalite arasında pozitif bir korelasyon olduğu ortaya çıkmıştır.

Okul yöneticilerinin yaşam kalitesinin bazı değişkenler açısından incelenmesi

In this study, whether or not school administrators’ life quality and self-esteem levels differed inrespect to their gender and economic levels was inquired. Data used in the study were collected through scales. This study revealed that in social and environmental sub-categories, the life quality of male administrators was found to be higher, but such difference did not exist among genders in physical, mental and self-esteem categories. On the other hand, administrators whose economic situation was good were also observed to have a relatively high quality of life. There was also a positive correlation between self-esteem and life quality.

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