Using Rank-Order Judgments Scaling for Political Tactics Used by Teachers and School Principals

Article History: Purpose: The present study aimed to scale the political tactics used by teachers and principals based on rank-order judgments. Research Methods: This study was a descriptive study in which the political tactics used by school principals and teachers were scaled from the most to the least frequently used ones based on rank-order judgments. The study group consisted of 488 teachers and 61 school principals, who were determined through simple random sampling technique among the universe working at the primary schools affiliated to Şehitkâmil District Directorate of National Education in Gaziantep in the academic year of 20192020. The research data were collected using a 7-item instrument developed by the researcher based on the research conducted by Hoy and Miskel (2012) to identify the most frequently used political tactics in business organizations. Received: 13 May., 2020 Received in revised form: 31 Jan., 2021 Accepted: 23 Feb., 2021 DOI: 10.14689/ejer.2021.93.1