Educational management in a digital age: boss phubbing and teacher motivation

The study aims to assess the level of phubbing behavior -an antisocial
common mobile phone using behavior- of school principals and how it
affects the motivation of the teachers working at Anatolian High Schools
and Vocational High Schools. This relational screening modelled study was
conducted in these schools in the 2nd term in 2022 to 2023 school year. For
data collection purposes, Boss Phubbing Scale and Multidimensional Work
Motivation Scale were used and 268 answers were collected from the whole
population. The data was analyzed through descriptive statistics, exploratory
factor analysis (EFA), Cronbach’s alpha reliability analysis, one-way
analysis of variance (ANOVA), unpaired t test, Pearson correlation analysis
and regression analysis. The data derived from these analyses indicates that
while school principals phub teachers at a low level and their boss phubbing
scores differentiate in accordance with the work experience of teachers;
teachers’ motivation is high and there is a significant and positive
relationship between boss phubbing of school principals and two factors of
Multidimensional Work Motivation Scale, which were extrinsic motivation
and amotivation. It may be suggested that school principals should alter their
boss phubbing behavior or modify it to make the best of it.