Antecedents and consequences of professional competence of school administrators with emphasis on environmental sustainability and sustainable development

The aim of the present research is to investigate the antecedents and consequences of professional competence of school managers with an emphasis on environmental sustainability and sustainable development. The research method is applicable in terms of purpose, and mixed (qualitative-quantitative) in terms of implementation. The statistical population of this research in the qualitative section included experts and professors in the field of education in Tehran, who were sampled purposefully; and in the quantitative section, school managers in Tehran who were selected through random-stratified sampling for the validation of the research model. In the qualitative part of the research, data and information were collected through interviews with experts and professors in the field of education, and then the model of professional competence of school managers as a key driver of sustainable development was validated based on a questionnaire. MAXQDA 18 and PLS-Smart 3 software were used for data analysis. The research findings indicated that the model of professional competence of managers includes competence-building skills, managerial competencies, ethical competencies and professional behavior, manager development, social indicators of managers, establishment of work groups for performance improvement and green competence, attitude competencies, knowledge competencies, educational competencies, commercialization competencies of knowledge, skills and technology, work ethic, consumption pattern improvement, participation in development, and moving towards national empowerment, leading to the realization of work ethic results, consumption pattern improvement, participation in development, movement towards national empowerment, diversity management, and enhancing the relationship between humans and nature.