Metaphor Perceptions of Primary School Administrators and Teachers Towards the Instituon They Work for

The aim of this study is to investigate primary school administrators’ and teachers’ organizational metaphorical perceptions of the institutions they work in and whether metaphorical perceptions differ in their professional titles. For this aim, totally 311 people, primary school administrators and teachers, from 18 primary schools in the central district of Kastamonu were applied “The Organizational Metaphor Scale” developed by the researcher. The data gathered were entered in the computer and analyzed via SPSS (12) package program. In the study, it was concluded that school administrators and teachers generally express the institution they work in with more of a metaphor of organism.