Relation between Transformational Leadership Method of Administrator with Organizational Health Schools
Subject Areas : Research in Curriculum Planningپریسا مظلومی 1 , بدری شاه طالبی 2
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Keywords: : Transformational leadership, organizational health, principals, Elementary schools,
Abstract :
The Purpose of this research was to investigate the relationship between Principals' transformational leadership style with organizational health of girls' elementary schools in Isfahan. The research design was a descriptive- correlative survey and the instruments were two questionnaires. The first one was the transformational leadership standard questionnaire by Bass with 25 items and the reli ability coefficient of 0.97 and the second one was the organizational health standard questionnaire by Hoy et., al with 44 items and the reliability coefficient of 0.89. the validity of the questionnaires was substantiated by the specialists of management and psychology. The statistical population of this survey consisted of 7606 women teachers of Isfahan elementary schools in the academic year of 87-88 from which 195 teachers were selected by the random clustered sampling. The obtained data was analyzes both through descriptive statistics (distribution, average percentage and standard deviation) and inferential statistics (Pearson correlation coefficient, analysis of variance and schefe test). The data revealed that there was a meaningful relationship between principals' transformational leadership style and all of the factors of organizational health (potential unity, principals' authority, conservativeness, constructiveness, resource support, mentality and scientific emphasis. The data also showed that there was not a meaningful relationship between principals' transformational leadership style with their years of service and education. However a difference was seen regarding their district. In addition there was not a meaningful difference in the level of organizational health among teachers' viewpoints regarding their years of service and education while a difference was also observed in this factor concerning their district.