Presenting a Model of the Factors Affecting the Non-fulfillment of Organizational Commitments of School Principals in Kerman Province

Organizational commitment is a continual process by which administrative staff believe in the values and goals of their organization and strive for them. Sometimes, they do not fulfill their commitment and as a result, underachievement, absenteeism, and irresponsibility would arise. The aim of the present study is to offer a model for factors affecting non-fulfillment of organizational commitments among school principals of Kerman Province. This study was applied in purpose and mixed in method. The population in the qualitative part was education experts of Kerman province with management and policy-making experience 20 of whom were selected by purposeful sampling to reach theoretical saturation. In the quantitative part, 153 out of 256 principals and vice-principals of the first and second secondary schools of Kerman province in the academic year of 2021-2022 were recruited following Cochran's formula, using multi-stage cluster sampling. A semi-structured interview and a researcher-made questionnaire were used to collect data. The validity of the questionnaire was estimated 0.61 using the average variance extracted, and its reliability was 0.95 and 0.86 using Cronbach's alpha and composite methods, respectively. Data were analyzed with open, axial and selective coding and structural equation modeling in SPSS-26 and PLS 3. Results showed that all the components of non-fulfilment of organizational commitments were identified and confirmed