Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the growth model of women's leadership in Iran's national standard organization

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soraya soheili ¹ , Ahmad Vedadi ² , محمدرضا ربیعی مندجین ³

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2 - Department of Management, Tehran Central Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
3 - استادیار گروه مدیریت، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، واحد تهران مرکز، تهران، ایران

Received: 2024-11-01 Accepted : 2024-12-03 Published : 2025-05-13

Keywords: confirmatory factor analysis, Development of women's leadership, women's leadership,

Abstract :

The small number of women in leadership and management positions in recent years has attracted the attention of many public administration researchers. The aim of the current research is confirmatory factor analysis of the growth model of women's leadership in Iran's national standards organization. This research is a mixed research from the methodological point of view. The model was explained and presented using the qualitative meta-composite method. In the quantitative part, the studied population included the managers of the National Organization of Standards of Iran, the sample size was 200 people using Klein's formula and simple random sampling was done. Using a researcher-made questionnaire, data was collected and the external and internal validity of the model was examined by Smart-PLS software. The findings showed that the development of women's leadership is a multi-dimensional structure. In the external model, composite reliability and convergent validity were confirmed, and in the first-order factor analysis, the factor loadings of all indicators were estimated above 0.4. The findings of the second-order factor analysis in the external model showed that the coefficients of all paths were significant and the causal relationship of dimensions and components was confirmed. The development of capable female leaders is necessary to improve the performance of the National Standards Organization. The research model, in the form of a multidimensional structure, provides a useful framework for understanding the nature of women's leadership growth in Iran's national standards organization for officials, managers and experts in this field.

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