Analyzing Multiple Relationships of Effective Leadership, Strategic Planning by with Human Resource Efficiency of Higher Education Institutions in West Azerbaijan Province

Subject Areas : Business Management

naser sedgy boukany ¹ , Mir Mohammad Abbaszadeh ² , hasen ghalavand ³ , Mohammad Hassani ⁴

1 - Ph.D. student of Management of Higher Education of Urmia University
2 - Professor of Humanities Literature, Educational Sciences, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran
3 - Associate Professor, Faculty of Literature, Humanities, Educational Sciences, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran
4 - Associate Professor, Faculty of Literature, Humanities, Educational Sciences, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran

Received: 2017-05-24 Accepted : 2018-04-15 Published : 2018-06-22

Keywords: Strategic Planning, Effective leadership, Human Resource Efficiency, higher education institutions,

Abstract :

This study aimed to test the conceptual model for predicting  the for human resource productivity of higher education based on the variables of effective leadership and strategic planning. The research community samples were universities of western Azerbaijan faculty members consisted of 310 people randomly stratified (112 from state universities, 114 from Islamic Azad Medical, 84 from medical sciences univrsities). The research method was descriptive and multivariate with three effective leadership tools Saatchi and colleagues, strategic planning based on University of New Jersey model  and Shah & Schaniz models (2008), and Human Resources Productivity Questionnaire based on the Acheive Model by Hers And Goldsmith  that the content validity (construction) and content reliability (Cronbach's alpha) were reported suitable. Analysis was done using AMOS software and structural equation model. Results have shown meaningful positive relationship between effective leadership and strategic planning with the scientific Human Resources Productivity.Additionally, effective leadership has the most direct positive impact on strategic planning and improving the Human Resources Productivity of scientific research and strategic planning is less effective on improving the Productivity.

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