فصلنامه نوآوری های مدیریت آموزشی
سال نهم شماره 1 (پیاپی 33، زمستان 1392)

This study aimed at investigating the role of creativity on employee's tendency to organizational innovation at Birjand University. Research method was Descriptive and correlational with structural equation modeling type. The population of the study, all staff /support staff of the University of Birjand included 414 people. Using stratified sampling with proportional allocation formula of Cochran sampling, the sample size was set as 162. Creativity questionnaire with reliability of 0/89 and tendency to organizational innovation questionnaire with reliability of 0/91 are used for data collection. Data was analyzed based on questions and using confirmatory factor analysis, correlation analysis, stepwise regression, and the mean of the variables and their components and structural equation modeling. Results showed that employee's creativity in %39.5 of cases almost desirable and 60/5 percent was unfavorable. Tendency to organizational innovation was in the 6/8 percent of cases favorable, 69/1 percent almost desirable, and in 24/1 percent were unfavorable. Correlation analysis also showed that creativity and tendency to organizational innovation with its components had a positive and significant relationship. Complexity, desire to know, and dealing with reality, as components of creativity, had multiple correlation with tendency to organizational innovation and %38 of their changes are anticipated. Structural equation modeling showed creativity with the path coefficient (γ=0/77) influencing on tendency to organizational innovation.

The purpose of the present study was to provide a structural model for knowledge management in banks based on quality of work life in Tejarat bank in Iran. The population of the research included all the employees of Tejarat Banks located in Tehran, the capital city of Iran. Hence, 600 employees were selected using stratified and cluster random sampling. The instruments used were two questionnaires: (a) Abili’s (2010) 24-item questionnaire measuring social capital with Cronbach Alpha of 0.98, and (b) Walton’s (1973) 29-item quality of work life questionnaire with Cronbach Alpha of 0.93. The results of path analysis using LISREL software indicated that: (a) This model is a good fit, (b) QWL has a direct positive impact on knowledge management, and (c) Providing the opportunity for continued growth and Security Act in the orientation of QWL which has the greatest impact on knowledge management .

The main purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between organizational climate and the spirit of entrepreneurship among librarians of academic libraries of Shiraz. The research method was of analytical and correlational type. The sample include the librarians and information professionals who are working in the governmental universities which are depended on shiraz ministry of science state universities of shiraz. For gathering data, two questionnaires of organizational atmosphere (OCDQ) and researcher-made questionnaire the spirit of entrepreneurship were used. Reliability coefficients of the questionnaires were 0/83 and 0/89. Two levels of inferential and descriptive statistics by the use of SPSS 19 software have been performed to analyze the data. The results showed that: There was significant relation between organizational climate and the spirit of entrepreneurship at P

The main purpose of this research was developing a structural model for investigating the relationship among self-efficacy, competencies and position of faculty members in Islamic Azad University (zone one) with their classroom management. 436 out of 2181 faculty members were selected through stratified random sampling and based on Morgan table .A researcher-made questionnaire for assessing classroom management with 35 statements (chronbach alpha= 0.791), a questionnaire for assessing the position of professors in universities with 6 statements (chronbach alpha = 0.824), a researcher made questionnaire with 13 statements for assessing competencies (chronbach alpha = 0.866) and Schwartzer et al.’s questionnaire for assessing self- efficacy of faculty members were used to conduct this research. Multiple regression and Structural equation modeling were used to specify the portion of factors in classroom management. The results showed that self-efficacy (0.37), Competencies (0.24) and positions of professors (0.09) had a positive, direct and significant relationship with classroom management. Also self-efficacy and positions of professors had a significant relationship with 0.15, the relationship between self-efficacy and competencies was 0.28, and the relationship between positions of professors and competencies was 0.32.

In this study, the purpose is to survey the relationship between procedural justice and organizational efficacy in higher education institutes in Bojnourd. The research methodology was based on mapping studies and the research tools were the standard questionnaires of the organizational justice Niehoff-Morfen and Parson's organizational efficacy. Their validity was confirmed and their reliability was measured through Cronbach test as 81% and 89% respectively. The statistical population (862) was divided into two subgroups: 1. Academic board members. 2. All recruited office staff in higher education institutes of Bojnourd. Samples were (286) randomized based on Morgan Table from the classified recruited employees of higher education institutes in Bojnourd. The results of Tests of Solidarity and Lisrel output showed that main hypothesis was confirmed with 99% reliability by using correlation tests. There is also a significant relationship between procedural justice components, namely standardized morality of procedural justice, avoiding bias and prejudice in procedural justice, and adjustability in procedural justice with organizational efficacy by 99% reliability.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between spiritual leadership and organizational learning of teachers in secondary schools in Tehran.460 secondary school Teacher's in Tehran were selected based on Them organ table to participate in this study. However, considering the effete of small sample size, 600 subjects were selected as the sample, and random cluster sampling was used for their selection. Data collection was done through spiritual leadership (Fry) and organizational learning (Naïf) questionnaires. Both descriptive statistics and inferential statistics (Pearson product correlation and multivariate regression analysis) were used for data analysis. The results indicated that there was a significant leadership between the teacher's spiritual leadership and organizational learning. Moreover, spiritual leadership was proved to be a significant predictor for the variable "organization learning".

Nowadays attention is paid to individual differences in modern methods of management, some of which are Learning Style, Perceived Classroom Goals Structure, and Spiritual Intelligence. This research aimed at investigating the relationship between learning styles (concrete experience, reflective observation, abstract conceptualization and active experimentation), perceived classroom goals structure (structure goals of mastery, performance-approach and avoidance-approach) and spiritual intelligence with academic achievement in order to achieve Modern classroom management. The statistical population includes students of English language, elementary education, and family study of Islamic Azad University, Mashhad Branch. 180 students (117 girls and 63 boys) were selected using stratified random sampling. All of them completed the learning style questionnaire (Kolb, 1985), perceived classroom goals structure questionnaire (Midgley et al. 1998), and the spiritual intelligence questionnaires (Abdollahzadeh et al, 1388). The findings showed a positive and significant relationship between reflective observation, abstract conceptualization, mastery structure goal and spiritual intelligence with academic achievement, but negative relationship between concrete experience and academic achievement. Abstract conceptualization, concrete experience and spiritual intelligence in one predicted model predicted 26 percent of variance of academic achievement. Moreover, the contribution of abstract conceptualization to predict academic achievement was more than other variables. Therefore, to manage the classroom more effectively and to enhance academic achievement, the first step is teaching abstract conceptualization, then teaching concrete experience, and finally emphasizing spiritual intelligence of student.

The present study investigates the relationship between organizational intelligence and organizational commitment of teachers in Mashhad high schools. The method research is descriptive and Correlational. The statistical population consists of male and female high school teachers and the sample size is 242. Multi-stage cluster sampling method .To collect the data, the two questionnaires selected through Albrecht's organizational intelligence and Alen and Meyer's organizational commitment were used. The validity of the questionnaires was verified and their reliability was estimate by 94% and 77% through Cronbach test. Pearson correlation, one-way ANOVA, and structural equation model were used for data analysis. The results indicate that there is a significant and positive relationship between organizational intelligence and organizational commitment. Also, there is a positive relationship between different dimensions of organizational intelligence (strategic vision, belief in a common destiny, the desire to change employee performance, employee spirit, unity and agreement indices, knowledge and attitudes of managers) with respect to employee's performance.