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Explain the model of the effect of technical competence of school principals on organizational learning and innovative behavior of employees (Case study: non-profit schools in Birjand)
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Mehdi Rashidi *   , Maryam Rahimzadegan , Mojgan Hamidi Binabaj |
| Assistant Professor, Department of Public Administration, Faculty of Management, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran |
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Abstract: (1448 Views) |
The main goal of this research was to explain the effect model of technical competence of school managers on organizational learning and innovative behavior of employees. The present study is applied research in terms of purpose and descriptive research in the data collection method. This research was conducted in non-profit primary and secondary schools of Birjand city in the summer and autumn of 2021. To collect data, the standard questionnaires of Van Minh et al. (2017) for the variables of technical competence of managers and innovative behavior of employees and the standard questionnaire of Jimenez- Jimenez & Sanz Valle (2011) were used for the variable of organizational learning with a five-point Likert scale. The validity of the tool was confirmed through experts' opinions and confirmatory factor analysis, and according to the Cronbach's alpha coefficient calculated for managers' technical competence questionnaire, it was 0.725, for employees' innovative behavior 0.73, organizational learning 0.757 and for the whole questionnaire as 0.821, The reliability of the questionnaire was confirmed. The collected data were analyzed with SPSS and AMOS software and using structural equation modeling method and U-Mann Whitney test. The results of the research showed that the technical competence of managers has a significant effect on the innovative behavior of employees and organizational learning; Organizational learning has a significant effect on innovative behavior and also plays a mediating role in the relationship between technical competence of managers and innovative behavior of employees. By examining and comparing, it was found that the innovative behavior of employees and organizational learning has a significant difference in non-profit primary schools and non-profit secondary schools, so that organizational learning in non-profit secondary schools is at a higher level than in primary schools, and the innovative behavior of employees in non-profit primary schools is at the level It was higher than secondary schools. Therefore, based on the findings of the research, it can be stated that in order to strengthen the innovative behavior of school employees, which is very necessary in today's era, it is necessary for the policy makers of education and training to take steps in the direction of developing the technical competence of managers and consequently improving organizational learning.
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| Keywords: Technical competence, Organizational learning, Innovative behavior, Non-profit schools. |
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Type of Study: Research |
Subject:
managing education in education
Received: 2022/01/16 | Accepted: 2022/07/13 | Published: 2022/11/8
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