Social Sciences
maryam ghaderi sheykhi abadi; fakhrossadat Nasiri; Afshin Afzali; mahmoud taajobi
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Purpose: Synergistic leadership style plays an important role in implementing quality standards in schools. The purpose of the current research was to construct and standardize the synergistic leadership questionnaire in the managers of technical and vocational schools.Methodology: The quantitative research ...
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Purpose: Synergistic leadership style plays an important role in implementing quality standards in schools. The purpose of the current research was to construct and standardize the synergistic leadership questionnaire in the managers of technical and vocational schools.Methodology: The quantitative research method was correlation studies. The research population was the teachers of technical and vocational schools in Tehran province in the academic year of 2021-2022. With the proportional stratified random sampling method based on gender and population classes and based on Cochran's formula, a sample 364 teachers were selected. To collect data, the 20-item researcher-made tool of synergistic leadership and the organizational ambidexterity tool Jansen(2006) were used. In order to investigate the factor structure and construct validity of the questionnaire, the techniques of content validity ratio, exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, and convergent and divergent validity were used, and to investigate the reliability of the questionnaire, Cronbach's alpha method and composite reliability were used by SPSS25 and LISREL10.30 software.Findings: Based on the findings, 4 factors and 20 items were designed and create to measure the synergistic leadership of educational managers of technical and vocational schools. The content validity of the tool(0.7585) was confirmed based on the opinion of experts. In the exploratory factor analysis, four factors of organizational structure, extra-organizational factors, leadership behavior and attitudes, beliefs and values were observed with a special value higher than one, which were able to explain 71% of the variance of synergistic leadership. The results of the confirmatory factor analysis showed that the fit indices of the questionnaire are suitable and desirable and the questionnaire has good validity. Also, based on the optimal explained variance percentage of 63% in the second-order confirmatory factor analysis, the power of the questionnaire in explaining the variance of synergistic leadership was confirmed. Convergent validity(0.6304) and divergent validity(0.794), Cronbach's alpha(0.936) and composite reliability(0.95) of the questionnaire also indicated the appropriate validity and reliability of the synergistic leadership tool.Conclusion: Researchers can use the questionnaire designed to measure synergistic leadership and improve leadership skills in educational managers of technical and vocational schools as a standard tool.
Arezoo Vazifeh; Abotaleb Saadati Shamir; Hadi Bahrami
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Purpose: The aim of this study was to construct and standardize a creative mind questionnaire in Iranian students. Methodology: The method of the present study was descriptive. The statistical population of the study was all undergraduate students in the field of psychology of Islamic Azad University, ...
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Purpose: The aim of this study was to construct and standardize a creative mind questionnaire in Iranian students. Methodology: The method of the present study was descriptive. The statistical population of the study was all undergraduate students in the field of psychology of Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, from which 500 people were selected as a sample by stratified sampling. The present questionnaire was based on Gardner’s theoretical framework using the Delphi method and had 44 items. In order to investigate the factor structure and validity of the structure, exploratory factor analysis method was used. After collecting the questionnaires and sending them to the researcher, the data were entered into the computer and data analysis was performed using SPSS and LISREL software. Results: The results showed that 2 expressions with non-significant factor load were removed and 44 items remained. Confirmatory factor analysis method was used to determine the fit of the remaining items, which confirmed the 7-factor model and included seven subscales of flexibility, prioritization, focus, ideation, risk-taking, perseverance, and hope. Cronbach’s alpha coefficient, which was used to measure the reliability of the remaining items, showed that these factors had good reliability. Conclusion: Based on the research findings, by training the creative mind, it is possible to provide emotional well-being, improve interpersonal relationships and social adjustment, and help people to be more successful in various areas of life
