Öğretmenlerin Bilgi Uçurma Tercihleri ile Kültürel Değerleri Arasındaki İlişki

Bilgi uçurma örgüt içinde ortaya çıkan yasa dışı veya etik dışı eylemlerin, durumu düzeltebilecek birilerine haber verilmesidir. Bu araştırma, öğretmenlerin sahip oldukları kültürel değerler ile olası bilgi uçurma tercihleri arasında bir ilişki olup olmadığını belirlemeyi amaçlamaktadır. Araştırma tarama modeline göre desenlenmiştir. Çalışma grubunu, İstanbul’da görev yapan 246 öğretmen oluşturmaktadır. Katılımcıların % 61'i kadın ve % 39'u erkektir. Veri toplama araçları alanyazından elde edilmiştir. Analiz sonunda öğretmenlerin cinsel taciz, rüşvet ve hırsızlık olaylarına tanık olduklarında, dışa, kimliğini açıklayarak resmi olmayan yollarla bilgi uçurabilecekleri ortaya çıkmaktadır. Öğretmenler toplulukçu kültürel değere daha yüksek düzeyde sahiptir. Son olarak kültürel değerler ile bilgi uçurma tercihleri arasında pozitif yönde anlamlı ilişkinin olduğu belirlenmiştir.

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Whistle-blowing means disclosing of illegal or immoral practices in organizations to persons who would able to fix that action. This research aims to identify the relationship between the teachers’ cultural values and their possible whistle-blowing intentions. The research was designed as scanning model. The research group includes 246 teachers 61% of which was female and 39% of which was male. The instruments were constructed by the literature. The results revealed that the teachers would blow whistle externally, identified, and informally when that would observe sexual abuse, bribery, and theft. The teachers had collectivism cultural value more than the other one. Lastly, there was positive significant relationship between the cultural value and the choice of whistle blowing

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