Causes of Conflict in Preschool Educational Institutions and Teacher Opinions on Solution Proposals
Abstract views: 146 / PDF downloads: 126
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8357139Keywords:
Conflict, Resolution, PreschoolAbstract
The aim of this research is to examine the causes of conflicts experienced in preschool educational institutions and the solutions offered by teachers to conflicts. Depending on this purpose, it has been determined what are the causes of individual, organizational and managerial conflicts experienced in preschool educational institutions and what are the solution proposals brought to these conflicts. The study group of the study consists of 10 teachers working in preschool educational institutions. The teachers who make up the study group work in Antakya district of Hatay province. In order to avoid data loss in the interviews, audio recordings were made in the interviews in accordance with the permission of the teachers. The names of the teachers participating in the study were kept secret, the teachers participating in the study were coded as Ö1, Ö2, Ö3.... Interview technique, one of the qualitative study methods, was used in the research. In the research, a semi-structured interview form was used to collect the data. The data obtained in the interview were transferred to the article and thematic coding of the data was made. By Deciphering the common aspects between the obtained codes, themes covering the codes were reached.
According to the interviewed teachers, personality differences (23.3%) and groupings (23.3%) were shown as the most important reasons for individual conflicts. Other reasons for individual conflicts are listed as teachers talking behind each other's backs, differences of purpose and miscommunication issues. Back-talking (gossip), differences of purpose, miscommunication and power struggles have been mentioned as other reasons. According to teachers, bureaucratic work redundancy (32%) is the most common cause of organizational conflict. Demands and pressures from higher authorities are also an important reason mentioned in organizational studies (16%). Apart from these, ”lack of corporate culture“, lack of a significant subordinate-superior relationship and ”parent pressure" have also been shown to be among the causes of organizational Deciency. It was stated that the biggest reason among the reasons for managerial conflict was “discrimination” (27.3%). Dec. It has been stated by teachers that reasons such as the presence of personal interests in relationships, lack of resources, interference in the teachers' field, differences in management concepts and unfairness in awarding are also effective in the emergence of managerial conflicts.
80% of teachers stated that they solve individual conflicts by “communicating, reconciling”. The majority of teachers (46.7%) think that “cooperation and division of labor” are important in solving organizational conflicts. In administrative conflicts, it was concluded that ”finding a common path" is the most preferred path by teachers (36.36%).
References
Akgöz, E. E. ve Cemaloğlu, N. (2020). Ortaokullarda çatışma nedenleri ve çözümüne ilişkin yönetici ve öğretmen görüşleri. The Journal of International Education Science, 22 (7), 60-84.
Arslantaş, H. İ., ve Özkan, M. (2012). İlköğretim okullarında görev yapan öğretmenlerin görüşlerine göre okul müdürlerinin çatışma yönetimi yaklaşımlarının incelenmesi. Kastamonu Eğitim Dergisi, 20(2), 555-570.
Bayar, A. (2015). Bir örgüt olarak okulda meydana gelen çatışma nedenleri ve çözüm yollarına yönelik okul müdürlerinin görüşleri. Sakarya University Journal of Education, 5(3), 130-141.
Büyüköztürk, Ş., Kılıç Çakmak, E., Akgün, Ö. E., Karadeniz, Ş., ve Demirel, F. (2020). Eğitimde araştırma yöntemleri (28 b.). Pegem Akademi.
Can, H., Aşan, Ö., ve Aydın, E. M. (2006). Örgütsel Davranış, İstanbul: Arıkan Basın Yayın.
Ceylan, A., Ergün, E. ve Alpkan, L.(2000). Çatışmanın sebepleri ve yönetimi. Doğuş Üniversitesi Dergisi, 1(2), 39-51.
Karcıoğlu, F., ve Alioğulları, Z. (2012). Çatışmanın Nedenleri ve Çatışma Yönetim Tarzları İlişkisi. Atatürk Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Dergisi, 26(3-4), 215-237.
Karip, A. (2020). Çatışma yönetimi. Pegem Akademi.
Özmen, F., Aküzüm, C., ve Aküzüm, L. (2011). Yönetici Görüşlerine Göre, Okul Mensuplarının Okullardaki Çatışma Sonuçlarına Yönelik Tavır Alışları. Dicle Üniversitesi Ziya Gökalp Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi, (16), 86-100.
Seval, H. (2006). Çatışmanın etkileri ve yönetimi. Manas Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, 8(15), 245-254.
Şimşek, M. Ş. (2002). Yönetim ve Organizasyon, (7. Baskı), Günay Yayınevi, Konya.
Türk, Z., ve Süngü, A. (2004). İşletmelerde Liderlik ve Çatışma Yönetimi. Mevzuat Dergisi, 75, 1-13.
Ural, A. (2021). Örgütsel çatışmanın yönetimi, Pegem Akademi.
Yıldırım, A., ve Şimşek, H. (2018). Sosyal Bilimlerde Nitel Araştırma Yöntemleri (11 b.). Seçkin Yayıncılık.
Zencirkıran, M. ve Keser, A. (2018). Örgütsel davranış, Dora Basım-Yayın.
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2023 ISPEC International Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.