Abstract

This research aimed to determine the opinion of organizational culture and whether they differed according to some school and demographic variable. This descriptive survey research was carried out in the 2011-2012 academic year, with 382 school administrators who were working in public elementary, secondary schools and other public education institutions in Burdur province. Research data was collected by "Personal Information Form" and “Organizational Culture Scale" which was developed by İpek (1999). As the result of this research, administrators’ opinion about traditional organizational culture was at average level, on the other hand their opinion about contemporary culture was high level. In addition, it was revealed that school administrators’ opinion about traditional and contemporary organizational culture were not significantly different according to gender and seniority. However, school administrators’opinion about traditional and contemporary organizational culture were different as statistically significant according to school administrators’ school type ,who were working at being school principal or vise principal, branch, education background, working duration in the same school, and school is in the city, country or village

Key words: School administrator, organizational culture, contemporary organizational culture, traditional organizational culture