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The main purpose of the research is to model the structural equations of the relationship between psychological capital and the professional competence of educational managers with the mediation of organizational culture in Damavand schools.

This research was applied in terms of purpose and structural equation modeling in terms of descriptive method. The statistical population was all the educational managers of schools in Damavand city in the academic year 2019-2020, and 240 people were selected by stratified random sampling as the sample size with the method suggested by Schumacher and Lomax (2004). The research tools of Loutans (2007) 24-question psychological capital questionnaire, Denison's (2000) 60-question organizational culture questionnaire, and Melainejad's 39-question professional qualifications questionnaire (2013) were used and their validity and reliability were retested, and Cronbach's alpha coefficients were all The components were close to or higher than 0.7. The data were analyzed with correlation coefficients, mean, standard deviation, Pearson correlation test and structural equation modeling method in SPSS-25 and AMOS-24 software.

The findings showed that the direct paths of psychological capital to professional competence in educational managers and the indirect path of psychological capital to professional competence with the mediation of organizational culture were significant. Regarding the mediation of organizational culture components, organizational culture participation factor 54%, organizational culture integrity 49%, organizational culture compatibility 48%, and organizational culture mission factor, psychological capital and social capital explain a total of 46% of the variance of professional competence in educational managers.

The findings of this research emphasize the importance of the mediating role of organizational culture in the relationship between psychological capital and the professional competence of educational managers.

Professional competence in educational managers and its improvement and promotion are not created by themselves and require scientific and practical planning, and one of its aspects is attention to social capital and organizational culture. The main goal of the research is to model the structural equations of the relationship between social capital and the professional competence of educational managers with the mediation of organizational culture in Damavand schools.

The research method was applied in terms of purpose, quantitative in terms of data type, and was carried out with two survey and cross-sectional methods. The statistical population included all educational managers of Damavand schools in the academic year 2018-2019. The sample size was estimated to be 240 people using the method proposed by Schumacher and Lomax (2004). To collect data, Delaviz's standard social capital questionnaires (2014), Denison's organizational culture questionnaire (2000) and Melainejad's professional qualifications questionnaire (2014) were used, and their validity and reliability were retested, and Cronbach's alpha coefficients of all components were was higher than 0.7. To test the research model, structural equations were used with the help of Amose software.

The results showed that organizational culture and social capital explain a total of 57% of the variance of professional competence in educational managers and the structural model of the relationship between social capital and professional competence of educational managers with the mediation of organizational culture in Damavand schools with data The collected data have an acceptable fit.

social capital has an effect on the professional competence of educational managers through the mediation of organizational culture and its components in Damavand schools.