نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی
نویسندگان
1 دانشجوی دکتری مدیریت آموزشی، دانشکده علومتربیتی و روانشناسی، دانشگاه محقق اردبیلی، اردبیل، ایران.
2 استاد گروه آموزش علومتربیتی، دانشکده علومتربیتی و روانشناسی، دانشگاه محقق اردبیلی، اردبیل، ایران
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عنوان مقاله [English]
نویسندگان [English]
Introduction and Objectives: Leadership styles have been one of the main concerns of organizations and researchers over the past four decades. It has been well-established that different leadership styles are associated with the psychological well-being of followers. Leadership is a central concept in postmodern and contemporary approaches. Compassion, care, and justice are fundamental ethical principles in leadership and management. One factor that influences teachers’ effectiveness is their adherence to ethics. It seems that ethical commitment is a fundamental concern of every educational system in various societies. Ethics lies at the heart of leadership. Ethics has always been important as a regulator of human relationships. In the discussions on management, this internal mechanism, without the need for external enforcement, can ensure the ethical performance of employees and create an ethical organization. Ethical leadership is directly related to creative performance. Ethical leadership has garnered considerable attention in the 21st century. A review of research indicates that the scope and diversity of studies in this field stem from the growing importance of ethical leadership as a serious concern for organizations and the unique perspectives of each researcher in this area. Therefore, considering the above points, this study designs and validates a model for developing ethical leadership in primary schools in Ardabil.
Method: This research is applied in terms of the objective and employs a mixed-methods approach (qualitative and quantitative) in terms of the nature of the data. The research design was exploratory. In the qualitative phase, semi-structured interviews and grounded theory methods were used, while in the quantitative phase, structural equation modeling (SEM) was applied. The qualitative research population included university professors and experts in educational sciences from Ardabil Province. Purposive sampling, a non-probability sampling method, was used in the qualitative phase. Sample adequacy was determined based on data saturation and reproducibility, with the sample consisting of 15 university professors in educational sciences from Ardabil. Data collection in this phase was conducted through semi-structured interviews.
In the quantitative phase, the statistical population included all primary school teachers in Ardabil. The total number of primary school teachers in Ardabil during the 2023-2024 academic year was approximately 2,600. Based on the population size and Cochran’s formula, 335 teachers were selected as the sample for the quantitative phase using non-random and convenience sampling methods. For data analysis, in the first stage, structural codes were collected through three coding methods: open, axial, and selective coding. In the second stage, confirmatory factor analysis was conducted using the data from the first stage. Due to the non-normal distribution of the data, the partial least squares (PLS) method and bootstrapping technique in Smart PLS software were used to obtain the model fit indices.
Results: Following the qualitative analysis, which led to identifying initial codes, these codes were categorized into several themes based on similarities and data relationships. Ultimately, the themes were organized into specific categories. After the continuous process of open, axial, and selective coding, the collected data were systematically organized into 130 open codes, 99 concepts, 10 themes, and six categories. The findings indicate that the model for developing ethical leadership in primary schools in Ardabil is organized around themes such as personal and personality traits, strengthening communication and interactions, developing individual and professional skills, crisis management, enhancing motivation, preserving ethical values, transparency, organizational effectiveness, professional growth, and increasing trust and cohesion. The proposed model was validated and demonstrated a good fit (p < 0.05).
Discussion and Conclusion: The causal conditions in this study included personal and personality traits. The results show that individual and personality traits have a significant impact on the development of ethical leadership in primary schools. These traits can positively or negatively influence the ethics and behavior of school leaders.
The findings also indicate that strategies play a crucial role in developing ethical leadership. This study’s strategies included strengthening communication and interactions, developing individual and professional skills, and crisis management. The research highlights that improving communication and interactions, developing individual and professional skills, and managing crises are essential for fostering ethical leadership in primary schools. These strategies help strengthen relationships among school community members, enhance ethical leadership skills, and improve the quality of ethical decision-making in educational environments. Furthermore, the results show that intervening conditions also significantly impact ethical leadership development. In this study, enhancing motivation was identified as an intervening factor. The findings suggest that interventions such as creating a motivational environment, fostering positive thinking, encouraging enthusiasm, increasing leaders’ motivation, and promoting dynamism among individuals can contribute to ethical leadership development. Enhancing motivation, as an intervening factor, plays a vital role in
nurturing ethical leadership. This study also demonstrates that attention to ethical values and their preservation and transparency as contextual conditions positively influence ethical leadership development. The research indicates that these contextual conditions help cultivate leaders committed to ethical principles and values, creating a transparent and ethics-driven school environment. When diligently observed, ethical values such as self-improvement, honesty, trustworthiness, and foresight can contribute to forming an ethical mindset and ensure the sustainability of ethical principles in leadership decisions and actions. The research shows that fostering ethical leadership in primary schools can create healthy and sustainable organizations, yielding numerous positive outcomes for these environments. Ethical leadership among primary school teachers and staff can increase trust and cohesion. Ultimately, the core of this research revolves around ethical leadership, which may lead to adverse outcomes without appropriate factors and conditions. Ethical leadership is the most critical element in primary schools, capable of adding justice and value to the school’s educational culture and environment.
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