EXAMINING THE ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE OF AN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION: A STUDY ON A PRIVATE COURSE CENTER IN ISTANBUL

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2023-5

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Ünlü, Deniz

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With the spread of high-stakes tests in the transition to secondary and higher education levels, the shadow education market has started to expand. The demand for private course centers, which are part of shadow education, are started to increase gradually. As an educational institution and organization, private course centers also are produced their own culture. For this reason, the aim of the study is to examine the meaning and key characteristics of the organizational culture that reveals itself in a private course center by using the experiences of the teachers who make up the organization. Therefore, basic qualitative research was conducted with nine full-time teachers working at a private course center in Istanbul. Participants were selected by convenience sampling. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews and analyzed through thematic analysis. Content analysis of unstructured observations and document analysis of the institution’s website were performed to triangulate the data. According to the findings, it has been determined that artifacts, values, beliefs, and basic assumptions, which are the levels of organizational culture, create a positive organizational culture in the institution. The distinctive features that shape the organizational culture in positive way are emphasized by the majority of teachers as open communication, leadership understanding, professional development opportunities and cooperation.

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Shadow education, Private course center, Organizational culture, Dershane

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/103107

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Graduate School of Social Sciences, Thesis