JOURNAL OF NEW APPROACH IN EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION
Year:2015 | Volume:6 | Issue:1 (21)|Papers Count:12

The present survey study was conducted to investigate the effect of experience and organizational factors on teachers' professional commitment in an attempt to examine the mediating role of teacher efficacy and organizational identity. The population consisted of all elementary teachers (n=585) of Piranshahr city in the academic year 2012-2013. A sample of 233 was selected using stratified random sampling method. Data collection instruments were five standard questionnaires validated through factor analysis and Cronbach's alpha. Data analysis involved structural equation modeling. The results indicated that organizational policy and reflective dialogue had a significant relationship with teacher efficacy but the relationship between policy and identity was not significantly established. In addition, there was a significant relationship between teacher efficacy and organizational identity. The mediating role of efficacy in the relationship between both reflective dialogue and professional commitment, and between organizational policy and professional commitment was also statistically suggested. Finally, the mediating role of organizational identity in the relationship between reflective dialogue and professional commitment was significant, though, it was not significant in the relationship between organizational policy and professional commitment.

This causal-comparative study aimed to determine the effect of establishing smart schools in interaction with attitude to ICT on promoting teaching/learning process and academic self-efficacy of third- graders of secondary school. From among all smart schools in Tabriz city, a sample (n=346) of 12 schools (6 smart and 6 ordinary ones) was selected through random cluster sampling. Research instruments involved three validated questionnaires. Data analysis was carried out using multivariate analysis of variance (MANOY A) and independent t-test. The results indicated that there was a significant difference between teaching/learning process in smart and ordinary schools. However, the results revealed no statistically significant differences among learning process, school interaction effect, and attitude to teaching/learning technology in smart and ordinary schools.

As self-evaluation is a key process to accomplish development according to the EFQM sublimity model through identifying weaknesses and strengths. Thus, this descriptive study aimed to describe the dimensions of organizational sublimity in KANOON in Fars province based on EFQM model. The study population (n= 141) included all part- and full-time teachers of the centers in the province. A use was made of a questionnaire of European foundation quality model. The results of t-test analysis suggested that in this evaluation, the centers gained 449 (out of 1000 points) out of which 259 and J 90 points were related to empowering factors and results respectively. The findings further indicated in the domain of empowerment diverse criteria were scored differentially (leadership 57%, policy and strategy 72%, employers 53%, partners and resources 57% and processes 33%). And in the domain of results other criteria obtained different points (customer 22%, employers 43%, society 92% and performance 34%). With the exception of society factor there was a significant difference between the obtained and expected averages in terms of organizational sublimity model.

This study explored the role of human capital on Birjand University employees' tendency to organizational innovation drawing on Crawford' human capital model and Jimenez-Jimenez, Prajgow, and Sohal's hybrid model of tendency to organizational innovation. The sample of this correlational study included 162 persons drawn from the University staff of 7 faculties using stratified random sampling procedure. Human capital questionnaire (Cronbach's a=94.0) and tendency to organizational innovation questionnaire (Cronbachs a=91.0) were employed to collect data. Their content and construct validities were examined and approved. Data were analyzed using Kolmogorov-Smirnov, one-sample t-test, stepwise regression analysis and structural equation modeling. One- sample t-test result indicated that the mean of both human capital and tendency to organizational innovation were significantly lower than the expected means. Structural equation modeling analysis revealed that human capital significantly impacted on innovation process (g=0.63) and tendency to organizational innovation (g=0.71). However, it didn't have any significant effect on productive and administrative innovations. Stepwise regression results suggested that knowledge and expertise as components of human capital could predict 38 percent of tendency to organizational innovation.

This correlational study aimed to investigate the relationship of social intelligence to entrepreneurship skills and creativity. A total of 240 students was selected from among Shiraz technical high school students through stage cluster sampling method. Three questionnaires of social intelligence (Tromoso, 2001), entrepreneurship skills (Biech, 2007) and creativity (Abdi, 1993) were employed to collect data. Their Cronbach's alphas were 0.72, 0.85 and 0.89 respectively. Data analyses involved both descriptive statistics (mean and SO) and inferential statistics (Pearson correlation and regression). The results revealed that social intelligence of the students was significantly and positively correlated to their entrepreneurship skills and creativity. Regression analysis further suggested that it could account significantly for the students' entrepreneurship skills and creativity. From among the components of social intelligence, social awareness, and information processing and social skills could best predict creativity and entrepreneurship skills respectively.

The purpose of this study was to examine the multiple relationships between knowledge absorptive capacity and academic quality improvement from the viewpoints of faculty members in Isfahan province. Research method was descriptive and correlational. The study population consisted of 1472 faculty members from which a sample of 177 members was selected through stratified random sampling. The research instruments included two questionnaires of knowledge absorptive capacity (Minbaeva et al., 2003) and academic quality improvement. Their validity was confirmed through confirmatory factor analysis and their Cronbach's alpha coefficient was estimated to be 0.88 and 0.95 respectively. The findings revealed that there was a positive and significant relationship among knowledge absorptive capacity and academic quality improvement and their components. The examination of the findings through structural equation modeling also indicated that knowledge absorptive capacity had a significant and positive effect on academic quality improvement.

The present study aimed to evaluate the shared leadership model in knowledge creation teams among the faculty members of Razi University. This study involved a stratified sample of 179 respondents selected from among a total of 360 faculty members. Research instrument was a researcher-made questionnaire tapping into self-leadership, team trust, team commitment, shared-leadership and knowledge creation with scale Cronbach's alpha coefficients of 0.77, 0.85, 0.76, 0.86, and 0.84 respectively. Data was analyzed using regression analysis. The results suggested that there was a significantly positive relation between high levels of self-leadership and team confidence, high levels of team commitment and self-leadership, high levels of team trust and shared- leadership, high levels of team commitment and shared-leadership, and high levels of shared-leadership and knowledge creation.

Empowerment means providing service employees with sufficient autonomy to allow them to handle unforeseen problematic situations such as complaints. Psychological empowerment is one of factors that maximally influences organizations and firms' success, economic growth, and productivity. Its implementation depends on suitability of organizational structure. The study population (n= 113) included all employees of education organization in Babolsar and Bahnamir city selected through census. In order to collect data, a use was made of a questionnaire. Data were analyzed employing SPSS and L1SREL softwares. The results indicated that there was significant and negative relationship among organizational structure, employees' empowerment and the components of both constructs. Nowadays, in order to improve their performance and effectiveness, organizations require empowered employees to accomplish their own goals of growth and productivity. Thus, organizations need to pay more attention to their employees' empowerment and to provision of more suitable organizational structure.

The aim of the present study was to explain the relationship between organizational socialization and social responsibility of the staff of Urmia University. A sample of 200 employees was selected randomly. Two questionnaires of organizational socialization based on Taormina's model and social responsibility based on Carroll' model were utilized to collect data. The data were analyzed using Pearson correlation and Multiple Regression. The results suggested that; a. there was a significantly positive relationship between organizational socialization and social responsibility, b. Training, understanding and prospects were significant predictors of economical, legal, moral, and social responsibilities. Therefore, it is implied that taking the employees' organizational socialization into consideration would improve and augment their social responsibility.

Supervision and controlling in the field of management is controversial and challenging. It is obvious that being secular or religious influences one's behavior towards human and society. The same is true about one's view about management, its goals, methods, evaluation, and controlling. This study sought to study control and supervision from Imam Ali's point of view. Through some examples of Imam Ali's letters to others and his speeches, we endeavor to clarify his method of management. It is hoped that it would be useful for those who intend to be good followers of Imam Ali specially in management.

The aim the present study was to explore the relationship of organizational intelligence to self-efficiency and occupational satisfaction of high school teachers in Jiroft town. A sample of 234 teachers was drawn from among all high school teachers. Research instruments included three questionnaires of organizational intelligence (Alberekht, 2003), self-efficiency (Sharar, 1982) and occupational satisfaction (Candal & Halin, 1969). In order to analyze data, a use was of both descriptive (frequency, mean andstandard deviation) and inferential statistics (regression and correlation). The results indicated that organizational intelligence was significantly related to self-efficiency and occupational satisfaction. In addition, there was a significant relationship between the components of organizational intelligence and both occupational satisfaction and self-efficiency. It was also revealed that strategic perspective and spirit were the best predictors of occupational satisfaction and self-efficiency respectively.

This study aimed to identify factors affecting the development of entrepreneurship higher education programs. A total of 386 managers from universities in Tehran were selected through census. The research instruments were interview, content analysis, and a researcher-made questionnaire. The questionnaire was content validated drawing on the views of entrepreneurship education professors. The Cronbach's alpha coefficients of the two scales of policy and education were assessed to be 0.87 and 0.84 respectively. Data was analyzed through structural equation modeling approach. The results suggested that policies and educational factors significantly affected the development of entrepreneurship education programs. From among educational components policy making, implementing and evaluating policies, designing, implementing, evaluating course and its content were found to impact on the development of entrepreneurship education programs directly and positively. Moreover, the findings revealed that primary fitness indexes confirmed the model of factors influencing the development of entrepreneurship higher education programs.