The causal model of the relationship between academic organizational agility, information technology and organizational culture Case :University units of Mazandaran

Subject Areas : Higher Education

ghasemali Talebi Panbehcholeh ¹ ( azad university )
Rashid Zolfaghari zaferani ² ( دانشیار، گروه مدیریت آموزشی، واحد رودهن، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، رودهن، ایران )
Korosh Parsa Moein ³ ( استادیار، گروه علوم تربیتی و مشاوره، واحد رودهن، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، رودهن، ایران )

Received: 2021-04-14 Accepted : 2021-12-13 Published : 2021-12-22

Keywords: Information Technology, Organizational Culture, Organizational Agility,

Abstract :

The purpose of this study was to present a causal model of the relationship between academic organizational agility, information technology and organizational culture. This study was conducted in terms of applied purpose and in terms of data analysis using a correlation matrix of structural equation Modeling. The statistical population of all faculty members of Islamic Azad University of Mazandaran, which was 1671 in thirteen academic units, Stimulated 161. The sampling method was stratified random sampling based on the number of faculty members in Islamic Azad University of Mazandaran; The number of samples was calculated based on Cochran's online formula of 340 people. The data collection tools were the standard organizational agility questionnaires of the university, Khavari et al (2017), In order to estimate and explain the relationships containing explicit and implicit variables, the Smart Minimum PLS (PLS) approach was used; The research findings made causal relationships between the variables of information technology, organizational culture and organizational agility significant and confirmed the role of organizational culture as a mediator.

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