The analysis of organizational creativity in schools regarding principals’ ethical leadership characteristics

AbstractThis study aims to examine the influence of ethical leadership behaviors on organizational creativity in schools. The study was conducted between 2008 and 2009 with 527 teachers who worked in primary schools in Konya region of Turkey and who were chosen with the random cluster exemplification method. The results of the study showed that a significant relationship was found between organizational creativity and the ethical leadership behaviors of principals regarding the dimensions of environmental ethic, ethical decision making and behavioral ethic. School administrators’ behavioral ethic and environmental ethic dimensions explain organizational creativity in schools significantly