Investigating the Relationship between Transformational Leadership and Psychological Capital with Organizational Excellence (Case Study: Tehran Region 1 Education Organization)

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Parastoo Khosravi ¹ , Setareh Sepehri ² , Fatemeh Hamidifar ³

1 - Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Management, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran Iran
2 - Master student of Educational Management Department, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran Iran
3 - Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Management, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran Iran

Received: 2021-08-25 Accepted : 2021-12-07 Published : 2021-11-22

Keywords: Transformational Leadership, psychological capital, Organizational Excellence,

Abstract :

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between transformational leadership and psychological capital with organizational excellence of the Education Organization of Region 1 of Tehran. This applied research was a field data collection method and in terms of implementation method was descriptive-correlational. The statistical population consisted of 600 employees of Tehran Region 1 Education Organization, who were selected as the sample size using Krejcie and Morgan table and relative stratified random sampling method. Data collection tools were standard questionnaires of transformational leadership Bass and Olivier (2000), Lutans psychological capital (2007), Deming organizational excellence (1979). The validity of these questionnaires was confirmed by experts and the reliability was calculated using Cronbach's alpha coefficient (transformational leadership equal to 0.92 psychological capital equal to 0.91 organizational excellence equal to 0.89 percent). Descriptive (frequency and percentage calculation) and inferential (Kolmogorov-Smirnov, Pearson correlation coefficient and multivariate regression) were used to analyze the data using Spss26 software. The results showed that there is a relationship between transformational leadership and psychological capital with the organizational excellence of education. It also showed between the dimensions of transformational leadership (individual consideration, persuasion, inspirational motivation and ideal influence) with organizational excellence and between the dimensions of psychological capital (hope, resilience, optimism and Self-efficacy) is related to organizational excellence.