Determining The Reflections of The Types Of Power The Administrators Use on Their Behaviors

When we look at the educational administration, basically the most important factor that keeps a school administrator alive its power source. The use of power resources within the organization and its manifestation into behaviors are the indicators of the prevailing climate in organizations. Research shows that administrators who value and make people feel valuable in the organization are who use power resources in a positive way and this situation affects the organizational atmosphere in a positive way. The power resources used by school administrators who value people positively affect the achievement of organizational goals. Based on the research findings in the literature on power, this research aims to determine the types of power used by school administrators working in primary schools affiliated to the Ministry of National Education in the TRNC in the dimension of school administration processes and to determine the reflections of these power types on administrator behaviors. In line with this purpose, questions were asked to the administrators about "the use of power types and their behavior".The theoretical structure of the research consists of researches on administration, power and power types. In the research carried out based on the qualitative research approach, a group of 15 school administrators working in primary schools affiliated to the Ministry of National Education of Northern Cyprus in the 2021-2022 academic year was formed. To obtain the data, interviews were conducted at predetermined locations and times, lasting between 45 and 60 minutes each. In the interviews, a semi-structured interview form consisting of questions developed by the researchers and prepared by taking the opinions of Expertises in the field was used. During the analysis of the data obtained as a result of the research, the "content analysis" method was used. In the findings obtained from the research, it was seen that the administrators define themselves as people who use the powers that positively affect the climate in the organization and show behaviors in this sense while determining the types of power they useIt is thought that the results of the research will shed light on the researchers doing research in this field and the TRNC Ministry of National Education and support the researches to be done on the subject.). Keywords: School administration, power, power in administration, types of power, reflection of power types