Managerial and organizational narcissism in schools

This study was designed as a survey model to examine school administrators' perceptions of managerial narcissism and teachers' levels of organizational narcissism. The population of the study consisted of 92 school administrators and 3850 teachers working in public primary and secondary schools in the Buca district of İzmir during the 2022-2023 academic year. The sample was determined using stratified sampling, and it included 75 school administrators and 385 teachers were included in the sample. The "Managerial Narcissism Scale" and the "Organizational Narcissism Scale" were used to collect the data. The results of the study revealed that school administrators exhibited a moderate level of managerial narcissism and that there was no statistically significant difference in school administrators' perceptions based on variables such as gender, school level, age, educational status, professional seniority, length of service as an administrator, and length of service at the current school. The study also found that teachers exhibited a moderate level of organizational narcissism, and that statistically significant differences were observed in teachers' perceptions based on school level, age, educational level, and length of service with the current school administrator, while no significant difference was found based on statistically significant differencegender, professional experience, and length of service at the school.