The Relaionship Between Social Capital of Schools And Organizational Image Based On Perceptions of Teachers

The relationship between social capital and image of schools has been investigated in this study of scanning model. 441 teachers who are working in primary schools of Erzurum province participated to this study. The data obtained from the participants were analyzed using SPSS 19 software package. As a result of the principal component analysis, it has been found that social capital consists of share, satisfaction, integration, participation, and trust. Image capital consists of work environment, quality of management, financial stability, emotional appeal, quality of service, and social responsibility. In this research, t test, one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA), correlation and regression analysis were done. Alpha reliability value of social capital and image capital scales was found as .95 and KMO value as .96. It has been found that there was a strong relationship between social capital of school and organizational image. While sub-dimensions of social capital explained 73% of organizational image, sub-dimensions of organizational image explained 71% of social capital. It has been concluded that when social capital of schools becomes stronger, image of schools increases too