Assessing the amount of psychological capital of teachers and examining its effect on the tendency to accept organizational change (Case of study: Secondary schools of Maragheh city)

Subject Areas : Journal of Educational Psychology

Saeed Jamalirovesht ¹ , Majid Vahedi ²

1 - Department of Administration, Payam Noor University, Tehran, Iran
2 - Assistant Prof, Department of Educational Sciences, Payam Noor University, Tehran, Iran

Received: 2018-01-21 Accepted : 2022-07-25 Published : 2022-05-22

Keywords: psychological capital, teachers, Tendency for change,

Abstract :

   The purpose of this study is to evaluate the amount of psychological capital of teachers and to investigate its effect on their tendency to accept organizational changes. The research method was descriptive. The statistical population of the study is the teachers of the second year of secondary education in Maragheh city . 358 of them were selected by stratified random sampling using Cochran's formula. Data collection tools are Lutans et al.'s (2007) psychological capital questionnaire and Albrecht's (2003) tendency to accept organizational change questionnaire. Its validity was measured by professors and the reliability of the questions was measured using Cronbach's alpha test of 0.887 and 0.898, respectively. To describe data, descriptive statistics method and for analysis data, one-group t-test and confirmatory factor analysis using path analysis technique by LISREL software have been used. The results showed the level of psychological capital of teachers in the second secondary schools of Maragheh city is evaluated above the average. The psychological capital of  teachers and its dimensions affect the willingness of  them to accept organizational changes.