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<language>eng</language>
<publisher>Science and Education Publishing</publisher>
<journalTitle>American Journal of Educational Research</journalTitle>
<eissn>2327-6150</eissn>
<publicationDate>2015-09-07</publicationDate>
<volume>3</volume>
<issue>9</issue>
<startPage>1156</startPage>
<endPage>1158</endPage>
<doi>10.12691/education-3-9-14</doi>
<publisherRecordId>EDUCATION20153914</publisherRecordId>
<documentType>article</documentType>
<title language="eng">Evaluating Principals' Orientation towards Organizational Culture and Changes and Its Effect on Teachers' Performance</title>
<authors>
<author>
<name>Ensieh Ahmadi</name>
<email>ahmadi84enci@yahoo.com</email>
<affiliationId>1</affiliationId>
</author>
<author>
<name>Meghdad Karami</name>
<affiliationId>2</affiliationId>
</author>
<author>
<name>Seyyed Musa Golestaneh</name>
<affiliationId>3</affiliationId>
</author>

</authors>
<affiliationsList>
<affiliationName affiliationId="1">MA in Educational Administration, Islamic Azad University, Boushehr Branch, Iran</affiliationName>
<affiliationName affiliationId="2">PhD in Educational Administration, Islamic Azad University, Boushehr Branch, Iran</affiliationName>
<affiliationName affiliationId="3">PhD in Educational Psychology, Academic Faculty of Boushehr Persian Gulf University</affiliationName>
</affiliationsList>
<abstract language="eng">The purpose of this paper is to evaluate principals' orientation towards organizational culture and changes and its effect on teachers' performance. This is a descriptive-surveying research whose population study is 145 principals and teachers working in girl secondary school in Asaluye city among which 103 persons were randomly selected as sample based on Morgan table. Data was collected via three questionnaires asking principals' approach towards changeability, organizational culture, and teachers' performance. Validity and reliability of the questionnaires were obtained through using content and face validity, and Chronbach's Alpha (α=0.821). Some appropriate statistical indices such as frequency, mean, SD, Pearson's correlation coefficient, multi-variate regression, and ANOVA were applied to analyze the gathered data. Findings showed that changeability and principals' approach towards organizational culture has had a significant effect on teachers' performance.</abstract>
<fullTextUrl format="pdf">http://pubs.sciepub.com/education/3/9/14/education-3-9-14.pdf</fullTextUrl>
<keywords language="eng"><keyword>organizational culture and changes</keyword>
<keyword>principals'' views</keyword>
<keyword>teachers' performance</keyword>
<keyword>Asaluye schools</keyword>
</keywords>
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