METAPHORICAL PERCEPTIONS OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS REGARDING THE CONCEPT OF "LEADERSHIP"


Görün M., Kara G.

4th International New York Academic Research Congress , 15 - 16 Ocak 2022, ss.16-17

  • Yayın Türü: Bildiri / Özet Bildiri
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.16-17
  • Kayseri Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The concept of leadership, which has an important place in people's organizational, social and political

life, is defined as a relationship based on power and authority between a person and a group or

superiority possessed from other members of the group in terms of features such as charisma,

intelligence and talent. Within the scope of the study, it is aimed to learn the metaphorical perceptions

of the students, who learn theoretical information about the concept of leadership during their university

education and who will have the opportunity to work in leadership positions in various institutions.

Target population of the study; While Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University constituted the sample of the

study; a group of 225 students enrolled in the Faculty of Political Sciences. The students were selected

on a voluntary basis. In order to determine the metaphorical perceptions of the students participating in

the study about the concept of "leadership", "Leadership is like/similar to ................ Because

.....................". In the study, data was collected through a semi-structured metaphor form and content

analysis was performed. As a result of the content analysis, 200 metaphors were obtained by the

participants. One "sample metaphor expression" was from the participant compositions representing

these metaphors. A “sample metaphor list” was created by combining repetitive metaphors in this list.

According to the "sample metaphor list" obtained, the metaphors of divided into 15 categories.These

categories were created as "to be a pioneer", "decision-making skills", "to be innovative", "to guide",

"to take responsibility", "to cope with difficulties", "to be strong and successful", "to be reliable", "to be

objective", “worthiness”, “authenticity”, “problem solving”, “authority”, and “management”.

Accordingly, the leadership perception of the people participating in the study; It is possible to say that

they are people who have merit, have their own talents and management skills, are guiding and

pioneering.

Keywords: Metaphor, Leadership, Perception.