Document Type : Original Article
Authors
1 Ph.D. Student in Educational Management, Department of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Education & Consultation, Islamic Azad University, Roodehen Branch, Roodehen, Iran.
2 Faculty Member, Department of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Education & Consultation, Islamic Azad University, Roudhen Branch, Roodehen, Iran.
3 Faculty Member, Department of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Literature and Human Sciences, Qom University, Qom, Iran.
Abstract
Knowledge management and its deployment in schools by managers lead to a dynamic and improve the quality of their performance. Therefore, psychological empowerment of school principals is essential for this purpose. To develop a cognitive model of psychological empowerment with the KM approach, quantitative and qualitative research was carried out. In order to collect information in two qualitative sections, the interviews were conducted with the experts, specialists and professors in the field of educational management. In the quantitative section, a questionnaire was distributed among the secondary managers of second school in Tehran. Then, data analysis was done in two sections: descriptive statistics and inferential statistics. In general, the results of this study showed that the perceptual model of psychological empowerment with the knowledge management approach included eight dimensions (organizational learning, organizational motivation, organizational partnership, organizational self-referral, organizational creativity, communication skills, organizational memory and organizational responsibility). Consequently, the fitting of the model was desirable.
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