Probing the Relationship among Iranian EFL Teachers’ Transformational Leadership Style, Immunity, and Goal Orientation

Subject Areas : Journal of Applied Linguistics Studies

Marjan Sadat Zarifi ¹ , Behzad Ghonsooly ^{2 *} , Omid Mazandarani ³ , Seyyed Hassan Seyyedrezaei ⁴

1 - Faculty of Humanities, Islamic Azad University, Aliabad Katoul, Iran.
2 - Faculty of Humanities, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran
3 - Faculty of Humanities, Islamic Azad University, Aliabad Katoul, Iran
4 - Faculty of Humanities, Islamic Azad University, Aliabad Katoul, Iran

Received: 2024-12-03 Accepted : 2025-02-26 Published : 2025-01-28

Keywords: Transformational Leadership Style, Immunity, Goal Orientation,

Abstract :

سبک رهبری تحول آفرین، مصونیت و جهت گیری هدف سه ویژگی و ویژگی اساسی معلمان است که به طور قابل توجهی بر موفقیت یا شکست برنامه های آموزش زبان تأثیر می گذارد. اگرچه مطالعات متعددی اهمیت فردی سبک رهبری تحول آفرین، مصونیت و جهت گیری هدف معلمان زبان انگلیسی را در برنامه های آموزش زبان مورد بررسی قرار داده است، تحقیقات کمی در مورد ارتباط متقابل و همپوشانی آنها وجود دارد. این مطالعه با هدف بررسی رابطه بین سبک رهبری تحول آفرین، مصونیت و جهت گیری هدف معلمان زبان انگلیسی انجام شد. در این مطالعه 100 شرکت کننده از جوامع مختلف معلمان زبان انگلیسی در ایران شرکت کردند. سه پرسشنامه اجرا شد و از مدل سازی معادلات ساختاری برای ارزیابی مدل پیشنهادی انجمن ها استفاده شد. پس از اعتبارسنجی مدل پیشنهادی ((x2/df) = 1.15؛ RMSEA = 0.03؛ RMR = 0.04؛ GFI = 0.94؛ AGFI = 0.92؛ NFI = 0.95؛ CFI = 0.95؛ IFI = 0.95)، محققان به ارتباط متقابل معناداری بین متغیرهای اولیه و خرده مقیاس‌های مطالعه اشاره کردند. این یافته ها به دلیل ارتباط متقابل این متغیرها بر نقش مهم آنها در فرآیندهای آموزشی تاکید می کند. این نتایج به وضوح مفاهیم متعددی را برای مربیان و مربیان ارائه می دهد.

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