The Relationship of Teachers’ Spiritual Intelligence to Quality of Work Life and Maturity

Subject Areas : Education

M. اردلان ¹ (عضو هیات علمی دانشگاه بوعلی سینا)
Z. سرچهانی ² (دانشجوی دکتری مدیریت آموزشی دانشگاه بوعلی سینا همدان، دبیر آموزش و پرورش)
M. سرچهانی ³ (دانشجوی کارشناسی ارشد دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد مرودشت)

Received: 2014-07-06 Accepted : 2014-07-06 Published : 2014-05-22

Keywords: Spiritual Intelligence, quality of work life, Maturity of teachers,

Abstract :

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship of spiritual intelligence to the quality of work life and maturity of teachers of the primary schools in Shiraz. The study involved all the primary school teachers (n=1288) of the second district of Shiraz in the academic year of 2012-2013. Using stratified sampling, 305 teachers were sampled. In order to collect data, three questionnaires of the spiritual intelligence, quality of work life, and maturity of teachers were used. The content validity of questionnaires and their Cronbach's Alpha coefficients were examined and approved. Pearson's correlation and multiple regression were run to analyze the data. The results indicated that spiritual intelligence and maturity indexes of the teachers    were above the average levels, and their quality of work life was moderate. It was also revealed that there was a significantly positive relation among there variables of interest, that is, spiritual intelligence, quality of work life, and  maturity of  teachers. Additionally, it was suggested that spiritual intelligence could significantly predict the variance of the teachers’ work life quality and maturity.