The Relationship between Teachers' Participation in Decision-Making, Job Satisfaction, and Organizational Justice Perceptions

Ramazan Ertürk*, Muhammed Çelik**
* Ministry of National Education, Turkey.
** Istanbul Provincial Directorate of National Education, Turkey.
Periodicity:October - December'2023
DOI : https://doi.org/10.26634/jpsy.17.2.19494

Abstract

The purpose of the research designed in the relational survey model, one of the quantitative research methods, is to analyze the relationship between teachers' participation in decision-making, job satisfaction, and organizational justice perceptions. The target population of the research consists of 3400 teachers working in secondary schools in the Esenyurt district of Istanbul, but 341 teachers were chosen by simple random sampling to represent the target population as it would be too difficult to get all of the teachers there. Participation in decision-making, job satisfaction, and organizational justice scales are used to collect data for the research. Parametric tests are preferred since the data display a normal distribution. According to the research results, teachers' participation in decision-making is high in total score, group decision, student affairs, academic decision dimensions, and medium in school administration dimension. It is an important and remarkable result for policy makers and practitioners that teachers' level of participation in decision-making and job satisfaction in the dimension of school management are at a moderate level. There is a low level of positive and significant relationship between the overall and all dimensions of the decision participation scale and job satisfaction; There is a moderately significant positive relationship between organizational justice. Teachers' participation in decision making is a significant predictor of both their job satisfaction and their perception of justice. Since teachers' participation in decision-making predicts both their job satisfaction and perceptions of justice, school administrations should care about participation in decision-making and contribute to their job satisfaction and perception of justice by ensuring teachers' participation in decision-making in practice.

Keywords

Participation in Decision-Making, Job Satisfaction, Organizational Justice, Teacher.

How to Cite this Article?

Ertürk, R., and Çelik, M. (2023). The Relationship between Teachers' Participation in Decision-Making, Job Satisfaction, and Organizational Justice Perceptions. i-manager’s Journal on Educational Psychology, 17(2), 25-45. https://doi.org/10.26634/jpsy.17.2.19494

References

[1]. Ajayi I. A., & Ayodele J. B. (2002). Fundamental of Educational Management. Ado Ekiti: Green line Publishers.
[2]. Akgüney, E. (2014). The Relationship Between Teachers' Perceptions of Organizational Justice and Organizational Citizenship Behaviours (Unpublished Master Thesis), Marmara University Institute of Educational Sciences, İstanbul.
[3]. Akomolafe C. O. (2004). School Administration in Nigeria: Theory and Practice. Ado Ekiti: Petoa Publishers.
[4]. Akomolafe, M. J., & Olatomide, O. O. (2013). Job satisfaction and emotional ıntelligence as predictors of organizational commitment of secondary school teachers. Ife Psycholog IA, 21(2), 65-74.
[5]. Alanoğlu, M. (2019). Analysis of the relationships between perceived school principal management styles and teachers' participation in decision making, organizational justice, job satisfaction and burnout perceptions (Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation). Fırat University, Institute of Educational Sciences, Elazığ.
[6]. Alanoğlu, M., & Demirtaş, Z. (2019). The effect of teachers' participation in decision making on organizational justice perceptions. Journal of Educational Reflections, 3(1), 1-10.
[7]. Allen, D. G., Shore, L. M., & Griffeth, R. W. (2003). The role of perceived organizational support and supportive human resources practices in the turnover process. Journal of Management, 29(1), 99-118.
[8]. Ali, A. Y., Dahie, A. M., & Ali, A. A. (2016). Teacher motivation and school performance, the mediating effect of job satisfaction: survey from secondary schools in Mogadishu. International Journal of Education and Social Science, 3(1), 24-38.
[9]. Altınkurt, Y., & Yılmaz, K. (2012). Relationship between management by values, organizational justice, and job satisfaction in secondary schools. Sakarya University Journal of Education, 2(2). 65-79.
[13]. Atalay, C. G. (2010). Organizational Justice, Current Issues in Organizational Behavior. Ekin Publishing.
[14]. Atalay, İ. (2005). Organizational Citizenship Behaviour and Organizational Justice (Unpublished Master Thesis). Kocatepe University Institute of Social Sciences, Afyonkarahisar.
[15]. Aydın, M. (2014). Education Management. Ankara: Gazi.
[16]. Aydın, Y. (2015). The relationship of organizational silence with favoritism in school management and selfefficacy perception of teachers, (Unpublished Master Thesis) Gazi University, Institute of Educational Sciences, Ankara.
[17]. Ayık, A., Yücel, E., & Savaş, M. (2014). Ethical leadership behaviors of school administrators as predictors of perception of teachers' organizational justıce. Abant İzzet Baysal University Journal of the Faculty of Education, 14(2), 233-252.
[18]. Ayyıldız Erbek, B. (2017). The relation between participating in decision making and job satisfaction of elementary school teachers (Unpublished Master Thesis). Başkent University Institute of Educational Sciences, Ankara.
[19]. Aziri, B. (2011). Job satisfaction: A literature review. Management Research and Practice, 3(4), 77-86.
[20]. Babaoğlan, E., & Yılmaz, F. (2013). İlköğretim okullarında karara katılma. Mersin Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi, 8(3), 1-12.
[21]. Bakan, İ., Erşahan, B., & Büyükbeşe, T. (2013). Katılımcı karar verme ile çalışanların işe yönelik davranışları arasındaki ilişki: Bir alan araştırması. Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, 6(1), 2013, 107-139.
[22]. Bakan, İ. , Güler, B., & Kara, E. (2017). The effects of organizational democracy on organizational justice and support perceptions: a research devoted to hotel staff. Suleyman Demirel University The Journal of Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, 22(4), 1031- 1048.
[23]. Başaran, M., & Güçlü, N. (2018). Analyzing the relationship between school principles' management styles and teachers' job satisfaction. Gazi University Journal of Gazi Education Faculty, 38(3), 949-963.
[24]. Bayrak Kök, S. (2006). A research on job satisfaction and organizational commitment. Journal of Economics and Administrative Sciences, 20(1), 291-317.
[26]. Bies, R. J. (2005). Are Procedural and Interactional Justice Conceptually Distinct?. J. Greenberg et all (eds.) The Handbook of Organizational Justice, Mahwah, NJ Erlbaum.
[27]. Bilge C. (2008). The relationship between the level of the participation in decisions and the job satisfaction of primary school teachers (The representative study of Altindağ province, Ankara) (Unpublished Master Thesis), University, Institute of Educational Sciences, Ankara.
[29]. Bozkurt, Ö., & Bozkurt, İ. (2008). A field study on job satisfaction effecting internal factors in education sector. Doğuş University Journal, 9(1), 1-18.
[31]. Büyüköztürk, Ş. (2012). Data Analysis Handbook for the Social Sciences (16th ed.). Pegem Academy.
[32]. Büyüköztürk, Ş., Akgün, Ö. E., Karadeniz, Ş., Demirel, F., & Kılıç, E. (2013). Scientific Research Methods. Pegem Academy.
[33]. Canbaz, S. (2022). The Relationship Between Perceptions of Organizational Justice and Organizational Silence of Teachers Working in Primary and Secondary Schools (Unpublished Master Thesis), Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University Institute of Educational Sciences, Çanakkale.
[34]. Chishti S. H., Rafiq, M., Rahman, F., Jumani, N. B., & Ajmal, M. (2010). Impact of participative management on employee job satisfaction and performance in Pakistan. Language in India, 10(12), 89-101.
[37]. Colquitt, J. A., & Chertkoff; J. M. (2002). Explaining Injustice: The interactive effect of explanation and outcome on fairness perceptions and task motivation. Journal of Management, 28(5), 591-610.
[39]. Çavuş B. (2016). The relationship between the instructors' organizational justice perceptions and their hopelessness levels (Unpublished Master Thesis). Adnan Menderes University Institute of Social Sciences, Aydın.
[40]. Çırak, S., & Baskan, G. A. (2015). Public Primary School Teachers' Organizational Juste Perceptions (Ankara/Yenimahalle). Kastamonu Education Journal, 23(3), 1091-1106.
[41]. Çöl, G. (2004). Comparison of personnel empowerment concept with similar management concepts. İŞGUC Journal of Industrial Relations and Human Resources, 6(2), 58-60.
[42]. Daşan, S. (2015). A Qualitative Research on School Administrators' Perceptions on Learning School (Unpublished Master Thesis), Marmara University, Institute of Educational Sciences, İstanbul.
[43]. Demir, N. (2007). Organizational Culture and Job Satisfaction. Turkmen Bookstore.
[45]. Demirtaş, Z., & Alanoğlu, M. (2015). The relationship between participation in decisionmaking of teachers and job satisfaction. Journal of Ahi Evran University Kirsehir Education Faculty, 16(2), 83-100.
[46]. Demirtaş, Z., & Ersözlü, A. (2010). Job satisfaction levels of teachers working in high schools. e- Journal of New World Sciences Academy EducationSciences, 5(1), 199-209.
[47]. Demirtaş, Z., & Nacar, D. (2018). The relationship between teachers' job satisfaction and organizational silence perceptions. Journal of Educational Reflections, 2(1), 13-23.
[49]. Dülger, Ş. (2021). The relationship between secondary school teachers 'participation in decision in school management and the levels of special good breeding (Istanbul province Esenyurt district example) (Unpublished Master Thesis), İstanbul Sabahattin Zaim Üniversitesi University, Graduate School of Education, İstanbul.
[51]. Eberlin, R. J., & Tatum, B. C. (2008). Making just decisions: organizational justice, decision making, and leadership. Management Decision, 46(2), 310-329.
[52]. Ertürk, R. (2021). The relationship between teachers' behavioral empowerment and organizational commitment (Doctoral Dissertation). Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal Graduate Institute of Education, Bolu.
[55]. Field, A. (2009). Discovering Statistics using SPSS (Third Edition). Sage Publications Ltd.
[57]. Gamage D T., & Pang, N. S. (2003). Leadership and Management in Education: Developing Essential Skills and Competencies. Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press.
[60]. Greenberg, J. (1993). The Social Side of Fairness: Interpersonal and Informational Classes of Organizational Justice. Cropanzano (eds.) Justice in the Workplace: Approaching Fairness in Human Resource Management, Hillsale, NJ Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
[62]. Güneş, A. (2019). The relationship between teachers' organizational justice perception, their organizational silence degree and their organizational citizenship behaviours (A sample of Pendik district) (Unpublished Master Thesis), Bursa Uludağ University Institute of Educational Sciences, Bursa.
[63]. Gürkan, M. (2006). Decision participation status of teachers working in vocational and technical education institutions (Unpublished Master Thesis), Yıldız Teknik University Institute of Social Sciences, İstanbul.
[66]. Hoy, W. K., & Miskel, G. C. (2012). Educational Administration Theory, Research and Practice. (S.Turhan, Trans.), Nobel.
[68]. Irawanto, D. W. (2015). Employee participation in decision making: Evidence from state owned enterprise in Indonesia. Management: Journal of Contemporary Management Issues, 20(1), 159-172.
[69]. İşcan, Ö. F., & Sayın, U. (2010). The relationship between organizational justice, job satisfaction and organizational trust. Journal of Atatürk University Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, 24(4), 195-216.
[71]. Kahraman, Ü. (2014). Relationship between performance management applications and organizational justice perceptions of teachers in primary schools (Unpublished Master Thesis). Uşak University Institute of Social Sciences, Uşak.
[72]. Kalaycı, Ş. (2009). SPSS Applied Multivariate Statistics Applications. Asil Publishing House.
[73]. Karaca, N. (2001). The Level of teacher's attend to school management at primary schools (e.g. of Marmaris city) (Unpublished Master Thesis), Gazi University Institute of Educational Sciences, Ankara.
[76]. Keung, C. C. (2008). The effect of shared decisionmaking on the improvement in teachers' job development. New Horizons in Education, 56(3), 31-46.
[77]. Kian, T. S., Yusoff, W. F. W., & Rajah, S. (2014). Job satisfaction and motivation: What are the difference amaong these two?. European Journal of Business and Social Sciences, 3(2), 94-102.
[80]. Kipkoech, L. C. & Chesire, S. (2011). The levels of teachers' involvement in managerial decision making in schools in Kenya. Problems of Education in the 21st Century, 34, 79-87.
[82]. Kline, R. B. (2016). Principles and Practice of Structural Equation Modeling. The Guilford Press.
[84]. Köklü, M. (2012). Participations in decision making, desires for participation, job satisfactions and conflict management styles of secondary education teachers. Education and Science, 37(165), 208-223.
[86]. Köylü, D., & Gündüz, Y. (2019). The level of partıcipation of teachers in the decision-making process of the relationship between organizational commitment and psychological well being. Ufuk University Journal of Social Sciences Institute, 8(15), 279-299.
[87]. Kumari, A., & İbrahimi, F. (2015). Gender difference in job satisfaction among private school teachers. Indian Journal of Well Being, 6(9), 930-932.
[90]. Lau, W. (2014). Employee's participation: a critical success factor for justice perception under different leadership styles. Journal of Management Policies and Practices, 2(4), 53-76.
[92]. Mertens, D. M. (2010). Research and Evaluation in Education and Psychology. Sage Publications.
[93]. Miles, L. W. (2010). Correlational study of leadership style and teacher job satisfaction in two head start programs (Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation), Capella University, St Minneapolis.
[94]. Mosheti, P. A. (2013). Teacher partipication in school decision-making and job satisfaction as correlates of organizational commitment in senior schools in Botswana (Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation), Andrews University, Botswana.
[96]. Mullins L. J. (2005). Management and Organisational Behaviour. 7th edition prentice Hall.
[98]. Özdemir, S., & Cemaloğlu, N. (2000). Organizational innovation and decision participation in education. Journal of National Education, 146(2), 54-63.
[99]. Paşamehmetoğlu, A., & Yeloğlu, O. H. (2013). Organizational Behavior. Beta Edition.
[100]. Polat, S., & Celep, C. (2008). Perceptions of secondary school teachers on organizational justice, organizational trust, organizational citizenship behaviors. Educational Administration: Theory and Practice, 54, 307-331.
[101]. Potuk, A. (2017). Relationship between organizational justice perceptional and organizational silence levels with mobbing (Unpublished Master Thesis), Eskişehir Osmangazi University, Institute of Educational Sciences, Eskişehir.
[102]. Reynolds, C. H. (1996). A study of the relationship among measures of teacher participation in schoolbased decision making and job satisfaction in elementary schools (Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation), University of Maryland at College Park, USA.
[103]. Robinson, K. L. (2004). The impact of individual differences on the relationship between employee perceptions of organizational justice and organizational outcome variables (Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation), Alliant International University, San Diego.
[105]. Sarıkaya Ş. (2019). The perception of organizational trust and organizational support as teachers' job satisfaction predictor (Unpublished Master Thesis), İstanbul Sabahattin Zaim University Institute of Social Sciences, İstanbul.
[106]. Sarpkaya, R. (2000). Job satisfaction of teachers working in high schools (Example of Manisa province). Journal of Public Administration, 33(3), 121-123.
[107]. Schultz, D.P., & Schultz, S. E. (2005). Psychology and İndustry Today (9th Edition). New York: Macmillan Publishing.
[109]. Short , P., & Greer, J. (1997). Leadership in Empowered Schools. USA: Quebecor Book Press.
[110]. Singh, S. K. G. (2009). A study on employee participation in decision making. Unitar e-Journal, 5(1), 20-38.
[113]. Sulu, S. (2010). The role of job attitudes between organizational injustice and job behaviors relationship (Doctoral Dissertation), Gebze Institute of Technology. Institute of Social Sciences, Gebze.
[114]. Stevens, J. P. (2009). Applied Multivariate Statistics for the Social Sciences (Fifth Edition). Routledge.
[116]. Şimşek, M. Ş., Çelik, A., & Akgemci, T. (2003). Introduction to the Behavioral Sciences and Behavior in Organizations (3rd ed.). Benim Adim is Printing.
[117]. Tabachnick, B. G., & Fidell, L. S. (2013). Using Multivariate Statistics (6th ed.). Boston: Allyn and Bacon.
[119]. Tan, Ş. (2017). The effect of organisational justice on schoolindustrial cooperation at vocational high schools and the intermediary role of organisatinal citizenship: the sample İstanbul province (Unpublished Master Thesis), Bahçeşehir University Institute of Educational Sciences, İstanbul.
[120]. Taştan, M., & Yılmaz, K. (2008). Organizational citizenship and organizational justice scales' Adaptation to Turkish. Education and Science, 33(150), 87-96.
[121]. Taymaz, H. (2003). School Administration. Pegem Publishing.
[125]. Ural, A., & Aksay, O. (2008). Related to school of secondary education teachers participation in decisions. Turkish Journal of Educational Sciences, 6(3), 433-460.
[126]. Usmani S., & Jamal S. (2013). Impact of distributive justice, procedural justice, interactional justice, temporal justice, spatial justice on job satisfaction of banking employees. Review of Integrative Business & Economics Research, 2(1), 351-383.
[127]. Uyar, Ş. (2007). Teachers? and administrators? opinions in relation to teachers? participation in school administration (the sample of Düzce province) (Unpublished Master Thesis), Ankara University Institute of Educational Sciences, Ankara.
[128]. Uysal, M. (2014). Perceptions of secondary school teachers on organizational justice (Case of Altındağ district) (Unpublished Master Thesis), Hacettepe University Institute of Educational Sciences, Ankara.
[129]. Wadesango, N. (2012). The influence of teacher participation in decision-making on their occupational morale. Journal of Social Sciences, 31(3), 361-369.
[130]. Westhuizen, D. W. V. D., Pacheco, G., & Webber, D. J. (2012). Culture, participative decision making and job satisfaction. The International Journal of Human Resources Management, 23(13), 2661-2679.
[132]. Yelboğa, A. (2012). The relationship between organizational justice and job satisfaction: An empirical study, Ege Academic Review, 12(2), 171-182.
[133]. Hung, D. Y., Rundall, T. G., Cohen, D. J., Tallia, A. F., Crabtree, B. F. (2006). Productivity and turnover in PCPs: The role of staff participation in decision-making. Medical Care, 44(10), 946-951.
[135]. Zohori, Q., Razai, S., & Jargi, S. (2008). Effect of participative decision making on job satisfaction in the Agricultural Bank of Khuzestan. Danesh Modriate, 21(80), 61-76.
If you have access to this article please login to view the article or kindly login to purchase the article

Purchase Instant Access

Single Article

North Americas,UK,
Middle East,Europe
India Rest of world
USD EUR INR USD-ROW
Online 15 15

Options for accessing this content:
  • If you would like institutional access to this content, please recommend the title to your librarian.
    Library Recommendation Form
  • If you already have i-manager's user account: Login above and proceed to purchase the article.
  • New Users: Please register, then proceed to purchase the article.