Comparison of the Perceptions of Organizational Democracy of Educators Working in Turkish Historical Schools and Minority Schools

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In this study, the perceptions of organizational democracy of Turkish historical schools and minority schools with historical roots in Istanbul were compared. Population of the study: The study included 21 minority schools with the private school status, 16 of which belonged to the Armenian community, 4 of which belonged to the Greek community, and 1 of which belonged to the Jewish community, and 15 Turkish historical schools affiliated with the Ministry of National Education, which have been in service since the Republican Period, in Istanbul. The sample consisted of school administrators and teachers who were selected from these schools on a voluntary basis. A descriptive research model was used to compare the perceptions of organizational democracy of educators working in Turkish historical schools and minority schools. Employees of minority schools are mostly members of the community which the educational institution educates. The fact that minority schools have a long history like Turkish historical schools and they may have an institutionalized organizational culture in this context has been important for our study. The data were collected via the "Organizational Democracy Scale" developed and studied for validity and reliability by Geçkil & Tikici (2015). The data obtained through scale and questionnaire were analyzed using SPSS 22 Program. As a result of the study, the perceptions of organizational democracy of the participants working in Turkish historical schools were found to be lower than those of the participants working in minority schools. There was a significant difference between the perceptions of organizational democracy of educators working in Turkish historical schools and minority schools in favor of those working in minority schools. In this context, educators working in minority schools were observed to have higher levels of perception of democracy.