The Relationship Between School Principals’ Paternalistic Leadership Behavior and the Level of Classroom Teachers’ Organizational Ostracism

The purpose of the present study was to explore the relationship between paternalistic leadership and the level of classroom teachers’ ostracism. The participants for this study consisted of 101 classroom teachers at primary schools located in Bartın. Data in this study were collected by using paternalistic leadership scale developed by Aycan, Schyns, Sun, Felfe & Saher, and the level of classroom teachers’ ostracism were assessed with using the the Workplace Ostracism Scale developed by Ferris et al. and was adapted in Turkish Language by Çelik ve Koşar. Mean, standard deviation, correlation and regression test were used in analysis of data. The correlation analysis shows that paternalistic leadership has significantly negatively correlation with the level of teachers’ ostracism. The results of regression analysis indicated that paternalistic leadership was a significant predictor for teachers’ ostracism.