Analysis of the Ethical Leadership Behaviors’ Effect on Life Satisfaction and Mediation Effect of Organizational Commitment

Abstract

The aim of this study was to examine the effect of ethical leadership behaviours of school administrators on life satisfaction of physical education and sports teachers and the mediating effect of organizational commitment on this effect. For this purpose, in 2015-2016 academic year, the physical education and sport teachers working at a formal schools in different provinces of Turkey were determined as a research sample by preferring an easy sampling method, the data was obtained from a total of 436 physical education and sport teachers, (176 female and 259 male). In order to obtain data, online surveys (147) and face to face interviews (289) were used. The data obtained from the survey was analyzed by structural equation modeling method. As a result, it was determined that there was a positive relationship among ethical leadership, organizational commitment and life satisfaction. Also a partial mediating effect of organizational commitment in the relationship between ethical leadership and life satisfaction was determined.