The Relationship between Organizational Creativity and Efficiency of Principals of Girls’ High Schools in Ardabil Province
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https://doi.org/10.24200/jsshr.vol5iss01pp60-63Abstract
The present study aims to investigate the relationship between organizational creativity and efficiency of principals of girls’ high schools in Ardabil. This research is a descriptive one of correlational kind and it was implemented as a field study. Methodology: To collect data, global standard questionnaire of organizational creativity and efficiency questionnaire were used. After the coordination was carried out, the questionnaires were sent to all principals of girls’ high schools in Ardabil Town (60 persons). Results: Finally, the 40 returned questionnaires were studied. Descriptive statistics was used for the classification of raw data and to calculate the mean, standard deviation, etc. and then the Spearman correlation coefficient was used to determine the relationship between variables. Conclusion: At last, the findings obtained from statistical analysis indicated that there is a significant positive relationship between organizational creativity (P = 0/018) and its indicators; i.e. the tolerance of failure (P = 0/017), accepting ambiguity (P = 0/015), encouragement of new theories ( P = 0/022), accepting the change (P = 0/016), tolerance of opposition (P = 0/025) and low external control (P = 0/028) with efficiency of principals of girls’ high school in Ardabil.References
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