Investigating the Relationship between the Thinking Style of Educational Managers and their Transformational Leadership Style among Non-Government School Managers

Subject Areas : Education Management

Sajedeh Sarv ¹ , Fatemeh Hamidifar ²

1 - Graduated from Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran branch
2 - Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Management and Higher Education, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

Received: 2023-06-06 Accepted : 2023-10-08 Published : 2024-02-20

Keywords: School Principals, Transformational leadership style, thinking style of managers,

Abstract :

This research was conducted with the aim of investigating the effect of the thinking style of educational managers on their transformational leadership style among non-profit secondary school managers in the first district of Tehran. This research is based on quantitative methods, it is practical in terms of its purpose, and it is a survey-type correlational research in terms of strategy. The tool for collecting field data was a standard questionnaire. including the Sternberg Thinking Styles Questionnaire (1997) and the Transformational Leadership Questionnaire of Arin Bass and Avolio (2000). The statistical population includes principals of non-profit secondary schools in the first district of Tehran, which were 250 people, and the sample size was determined to be 148 people with the help of Morgan's table. The sampling method was done in a random stratified manner. According to the results obtained, it was found that there is a significant relationship between the legislative, executive and judgmental thinking styles of non-profit secondary school principals in the first district of Tehran with their transformational leadership style including mental persuasion, ideal influence, inspirational motivation and individual consideration. In this way, the legislative thinking style has a positive relationship with the transformational leadership style, and the executive and judgmental thinking style has a negative relationship with the transformational leadership style.