The Role of Self-Directed Learning In Human Capital of higher education institutions Case study in University of Tehran

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Ebrahim Mazari ¹ , Kazem Fath Tabar Firouzjayi ² , Mehdi Ghanbarnia ³ , Soudabeh Badehban ⁴

1 - دانشجوی دکتری مدیریت آموزش عالی دانشگاه تهران، تهران، ایران.
2 - دانشجوی دکتری اقتصاد و مدیریت مالی آموزش عالی دانشگاه تهران، تهران، ایران
3 - مهدی قنبرنیا، دانشجوی دکتری اقتصاد و مدیریت مالی آموزش عالی دانشگاه تهران، تهران، ایران
4 - کارشناس ارشد روان‌شناسی تربیتی دانشگاه الزهرا، تهران، ایران

Received: 2014-12-17 Accepted : 2015-04-07 Published : 2015-06-21

Keywords: human capital, employees, self-directed learning, higher education institutions, UT,

Abstract :

This study aimed to explain the role of self-directed learning in human capital of higher education institutions. The research method was descriptive and correlational and data analysis method was SEM using Cochran's sampling formula the Sample contained 131 employees who were selected through Stratified random sampling. Self-leadership questionnaire of Abili and Mazari (2014) with the reliability of 0.96 and human capital questionnaire of Naderi (2011) with the reliability of 0.95 were used to collect data. That content and construct validity of the questionnaires we also evaluated and confirmed. One sample t-test showed that the self-directed learning and human capital of employees were higher than the average. Correlation result showed self-directed learning(r=0.70) hada significant positive correlation with human capital of Personnel (p<0.01). Structural equation modeling also showed that self-directed learning have significant impact on knowledge and cognitive skills (γ=0.85), metacognitive skills (γ=0/83) and emotion and communication competencies (γ =0.86).