School-oriented management model based on national culture: a mixed Approach

The Main Purpose of this Study Was to design and Validate a School-oriented management model with focus on national culture. The method of this  research is in the category of applied resrarch from the point of view of the goal and in the group of sequential exploratory research in terms of its nature. The statistical population in the qualitative part consisted of senior staff in the head office, master holders working in the central education building, university and higher education centers professors, within Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province and with sufficient experiences and related degrees. Targeted sampling was carried out through theoreetical saturation, while the key providers comprising 23members of the target population. In the quantitative part, the population included the educational assistants of the general departments of education in the provinces of the country, as well as the principals of independent schools of primary, secondary and technical and vocational conservatories, and the experts of the Department of Education of Boyer Ahmad city, who were randomly sampled. And they were selected by stratified random sampling and a total of 227 people were selected as samples. The data collection tool in the qualitative part was a semi-structured interview and in the quantitative part, a researcher-made questionnaire. Data analysis was done using confirmatory factor analysis method through SPSS 26 and SMARTPLS 3 software. Validity of the questionnaire was done by means of content validity and modification by experts. Qualitative validation of the research was considered as a qualitative paradigm based on four criteria: Credibility, Transferability, Dependability and Confirmability. The reliability of the questionnaire was obtained through Cronbach's alpha as 87.07%, then the fit of the model was checked and confirmed. The findings in the qualitative section include 14 organizing themes under the headings; School perspective, national strategic teachings, student perspective, psychological standards of students, democratic approach of headquarters (ministry), teacher authority, professionalism and specialization, sharing, strategic organizations , the acceptance of the role of parents, the acceptance of the role of organizations and institutions, accountability and comprehensive monitoring, honoring employees and avoiding deviations and wrong tracks revealed, which were initially 531 basic themes, and 85 basic themes upon strict reviewing. Confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation model were used to analyze the data in the quantitative section.