Document Type : Research Article (Quantitative)
Authors
1 PhD student, Department of Educational Management, Roudhen Branch, Islamic Azad University, Roudhen, Iran.
2 Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Sciences, Roudhen Branch, Islamic Azad University, Roudhen, Iran.
Abstract
Purpose: The main purpose of the research is to model the structural equations of the relationship between psychological capital and the professional competence of educational managers with the mediation of organizational culture in Damavand schools.
Methodology: This research was applied in terms of purpose and structural equation modeling in terms of descriptive method. The statistical population was all the educational managers of schools in Damavand city in the academic year 2019-2020, and 240 people were selected by stratified random sampling as the sample size with the method suggested by Schumacher and Lomax (2004). The research tools of Loutans (2007) 24-question psychological capital questionnaire, Denison's (2000) 60-question organizational culture questionnaire, and Melainejad's 39-question professional qualifications questionnaire (2013) were used and their validity and reliability were retested, and Cronbach's alpha coefficients were all The components were close to or higher than 0.7. The data were analyzed with correlation coefficients, mean, standard deviation, Pearson correlation test and structural equation modeling method in SPSS-25 and AMOS-24 software.
Findings: The findings showed that the direct paths of psychological capital to professional competence in educational managers and the indirect path of psychological capital to professional competence with the mediation of organizational culture were significant. Regarding the mediation of organizational culture components, organizational culture participation factor 54%, organizational culture integrity 49%, organizational culture compatibility 48%, and organizational culture mission factor, psychological capital and social capital explain a total of 46% of the variance of professional competence in educational managers.
Conclusion: The findings of this research emphasize the importance of the mediating role of organizational culture in the relationship between psychological capital and the professional competence of educational managers.
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