Evaluating Principals' Orientation towards Organizational Culture and Changes and Its Effect on Teachers' Performance

Ensieh Ahmadi^1, , Meghdad Karami² and Seyyed Musa Golestaneh³

¹MA in Educational Administration, Islamic Azad University, Boushehr Branch, Iran

²PhD in Educational Administration, Islamic Azad University, Boushehr Branch, Iran

³PhD in Educational Psychology, Academic Faculty of Boushehr Persian Gulf University

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Ensieh Ahmadi, Meghdad Karami and Seyyed Musa Golestaneh. Evaluating Principals' Orientation towards Organizational Culture and Changes and Its Effect on Teachers' Performance. American Journal of Educational Research. 2015; 3(9):1156-1158. doi: 10.12691/education-3-9-14

Abstract

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.

Keywords:
organizational culture and changes principals'' views teachers' performance Asaluye schools

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