Open AccessRelationship between Sources of Power and Organizational Climate in Middle Schools of Zahedan City, Iran
Author(s) -
Farshad Sharifi,
Abdulwahab Pourghaz
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of management and accounting studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2693-8448
DOI - 10.24200/jmas.vol2iss02pp67-74
Subject(s) - organisation climate , descriptive statistics , statistic , descriptive research , sample (material) , psychology , power (physics) , reliability (semiconductor) , multistage sampling , statistics , mathematics , social psychology , chromatography , chemistry , physics , quantum mechanics
The purpose of the present study was to investigate the relationship between principal's sources of power and organizational climate of guidance schools in Zahedan: From the teacher's point of view. Methodology: In this study descriptive- correlation method of research was employed. And sample or 210 teachers were selected by centered sampling method out or all teachers of guidance schools in Zahedan. To collect related data two questionnaires were employed. The first one to measure managers source of power and the second questionnaire to measure the organizational climate of guidance schools. Results: Reliability obtained For questionnaires were α=.86 and α=.84 respectively. Descriptive and inferential techniques of statistic were used to analyze the collected data. The descriptive findings of the research revealed that the dominant sources or power employed by the managers are the legal power. Among the dimensions of organizational climate. Conclusion: The highest mean was dedicated to the team spirit features as well. The data deductive analysis showed that there is a positive and significant relation between four dimensions of principals sources of power and organizational climate. The study did not find any significant relation between the coercing power and school organization climate, also, step-wise regression analysis indicated that, from the damnations of principals’ sources of power, the authority source, expert and reward power predict the most changes concerned with the organization atmosphere.