Leadership Creativity Scale for School Principals: Development and Application

Document Type : Quantitative Research Paper

Authors

1 Department of Educational Administration, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Kurdistan, Sanandaj, Iran.

2 Department of Education, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Kurdistan, Sanandaj, Iran.

3 Department of Educational Administration, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Kurdistan, Sanandaj , Iran

Abstract

This study was conducted based on dual purposes; the first purpose was validation of the leadership creativity assessment scale from the perspective of teachers; the second purpose was to establish a qualification profile of the principals` leadership creativity using a standard tool. The current research applied a positivist epistemological orientation with a quantitative approach and evaluation method. The study population involved 1256 Sanandaj high school teachers of which 296 teachers (both meals and female) were selected by stratified random sampling using selected using Krejci - Morgan Table. In evaluating the validity of managerial creativity questionnaire factor analysis was used and in assessing its reliability of it, Cronbach’s alpha coefficient was applied to assess principles` of managerial creativity by teachers and the influence of demographic variables on teachers` assessment. Based on the findings of the study teachers evaluated their principals` level of Leadership creativity at a high level in their workplace. Moreover, it was revealed that teachers` demographic variables had no significant correlation to the scores of the Leadership creativity assessment.

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School Administration
Volume 10, Issue 2
September 2022
Pages 147-165

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  • Receive Date: 13 March 2022
  • Revise Date: 02 December 2022
  • Accept Date: 09 September 2022

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