The role of culture based on the consistency of schools in the Lean behaviors of school administrators with the mediation of coaching leadership

Subject Areas : Education

farzaneh soltangholi ¹ , mohamadreza ardalan ^{2 *} , Siroos ghanbari ³ , Afshin Afzali ⁴

1 - PhD candidate Educational Management, Faculty of Humanities, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamadan,
2 - Associate Professor of Educational Management, Faculty of Humanities, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan
3 - Professor of Educational Management, Faculty of Humanities, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan
4 - Assistant Professor of Educational Management, Faculty of Humanities, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan

Received: 2023-04-29 Accepted : 2023-08-15 Published : 2024-08-20

Keywords: &quot, , &quot, culture based on the consistency&quot, lean behaviors&quot, coaching leadership&quot, school administrators&quot,

Abstract :

The present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the role of culture based on school consistency in the lean behaviors of school administrators with the mediation of coaching leadership.
Research methodology: The quantitative research method was correlation studies and covariance-based structural equation modeling approach. The statistical population included all primary school teachers in Ilam province in the academic year of 2019-2020. A sample size of 339 teachers was selected from this population using proportional stratified random sampling based on Cochran's formula. To collect data from Denison's consistency -based organizational culture questionnaires (2000); The coaching leadership of Pilaz Zuborbuehler et al. (2021) and the researcher-made questionnaire of lean behaviors of school administrators were used. The reliability and validity of the questionnaires were checked with Cronbach's alpha techniques, content validity ratio, exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis. Structural equation modeling was used for data analysis using Lisrel 10.30 software.
Findings: The results showed that the culture based on the consistency of schools has a positive effect on the lean behaviors of school administrators at the level of 0.05. The culture based on the consistency of schools through the coaching leadership of administrators has an indirect positive effect on the lean behaviors of administrators at the level of 0.05; Also, the culture based on the consistency of schools and the educational leadership of administrators are able to explain 36% of the variance of lean behaviors of school administrators.
Discussion and conclusion: Based on the findings of the research, it is important to pay attention to the role of culture based on the consistency of schools in the emergence and strengthening of the lean behaviors of school administrators, therefore, education officials should analyze the type of organizational culture of schools and on the role of culture based on the consistency of schools to emphasize.