Examination of the Independence Sub-Dimension of Physical Education Teachers from the Ethical Climate Perspective

OpenAlex İngilizce

Aim: This study is to examine the independence sub-dimension of ethical climate understanding that physical education and sports teachers perceive from the institutions they work with. Method: The population of the study was reached by the random method to 125 physical education and sports teachers working in private and public educational institutions connected to Provincial Directorate of National Education in the province of Burdur in 2016 - 2017 academic year. Result: When looking at the general mean regarding the independence dimension of the ethical climate perception, x = 2,97 value and the Likert scale of 5 are in the range of Neutral. According to this, permanent and contracted teachers who are on duty see their levels of the independent act regarding their work at the level of Neutral, in other words, they see it at the level of moderate. In the dimension of independence, ethical climate perceptions of teachers with other marital status were significantly higher than those who were married and single employees (p<0,05). In the dimension of organizational interest, ethical climate perceptions of teachers with other marital status were significantly higher than single employees (p<0,05). Conclusion: According to the results obtained by the study, when physical education teachers evaluate ethical climate perceptions according to their task positions, it is seen that permanent teachers perceive a sufficient level of ethical climate with the mean in the dimension of independence from all dimensions of ethical climate whereas the contracted teachers perceive a low level of ethical climate with the mean. The most significant difference regarding the position of the task is seen in the dimension of independence, the ethical climate perception of the permanent teachers is at the level of Agree, whereas the ethical climate perception of the contracted teachers is at the level of Disagree.