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THE JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC SCIENCES: THEORY AND PRACTICE, V.76, # 1, 2019, pp. 48-69

Leadership and School Climate in Effective Schools: A Meta-Analysis

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Ercan Yılmaz , Gulnar Jafarova
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1 Prof Dr., Necmettin Erbakan University, Konya, Turkey.

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2 PhD Student, Necmettin Erbakan University, Konya, Turkey.

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Received 25 January 2019; accepted 14 June 2019; published online 05 July 2019

ABSTRACT
The purpose of this study is to determine the relationship between effective schools
and the variables of leadership and school climate. In the study, the meta-analysis
method which is one of the quantitative methods was used. With the purpose of
collecting data, the dissertations and articles written in the national and international
level in 1990-2016 were reviewed and 11 studies on the relationship between effective
schools and leadership and 6 studies on the relationship between effective schools and
school climate were subject to effect size analysis. In the study, the correlation
coefficient was used as the effect size index. The correlation coefficients were joined
with the Fisher z method according to the random effects model. The Comprehensive
Meta-Analysis 2.00 (CMA) software was used in the analysis of data. Based on the
relationship between effectiveness of school and leadership, the Fisher Z effect size
was determined as 0.595; and based on the relationship between effectiveness of
school and school climate, the effect size was determined as 0.559. As a result of the
study, a positive, strong and significant relationship was determined between
effectiveness of school and leadership and school climate (p<.05).

Key words: school effectiveness, leadership, climate, meta-analysis, education.
JEL classification: H75, C26

INTRODUCTION

In the modern times, since the development of all areas is influenced from the
development of the area of education, education is regarded as one of the most
important factors of our education life. It is not possible for positive developments
and changes to take place in other areas before the area of education develops in a
country. Since the process of education is carried out in schools, the development of
schools gains an important quality. Studies on increasing the quality of the process
of education taking place in schools bring the concept of effective school to the top.
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