Effective Factors in Enhancing School Manager's Job Motivation
Abbas Khorshidi1, S Mahmoud Mirzamani, Hamideh Darb Esfahani
1Department of Education, Islamic Azad University of Islamshahr.
Iranian Journal of Psychiatry
|September 7, 2012
Summary
School manager job motivation is significantly influenced by self-actualization, social factors, and self-esteem. These key drivers, identified through expert consensus, explain a substantial portion of motivational variance in educational leadership.
Area of Science:
- Educational Management
- Organizational Psychology
Background:
- Job motivation is crucial for effective school leadership.
- Understanding factors influencing school manager motivation is essential for improving educational outcomes.
Purpose of the Study:
- To identify and prioritize factors enhancing school manager job motivation.
- To examine these factors from the perspectives of managers, teachers, and educational experts.
Main Methods:
- A 79-questionnaire developed based on motivation theories and prior research.
- Data collected from 587 participants via stratified random sampling.
- Three-stage Delphi technique employed with educational experts; reliability (Cronbach's Alpha=0.99) and validity (Factor Analysis) confirmed.
Main Results:
- Factor analysis revealed six key factors influencing job motivation.
- Self-actualization (51%) emerged as the most significant factor, followed by social factors (7.9%) and self-esteem (3.2%).
- Other identified factors included job desirable features (2.2%), physiological needs (1.8%), and job richness (1.6%).
Conclusions:
- The six identified factors collectively account for 68% of the total variance in school manager job motivation.
- Prioritizing self-actualization, social, and self-esteem factors is critical for enhancing motivation in educational leadership.
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