A Study of the Relationship between Organizational Culture and the Ability Perception of the High School Principals in Hamedan

The aim of this research was to determine the relationship between organizational culture and ability perception of high school principals in Hamadan. The sample of this descriptive-correlational study included 92 respondents selected from a population of 113 principals through stratified sampling method. A use was made of two questionnaires, that is, Organizational Culture Questionnaire (comprising 35 items developed drawing on Robins’s view point) and the Standardized Ability Perception Questionnaire (including 20 items constructed based on Watten & Cameron’s model). Data were analyzed using inferential statistics including Pearson product-moment correlation, one-sample t-test, and F test. The findings of this study indicated that there was a statistically positive relationship between organizational culture and ability perception. This was the case with all organizational culture subscales except “attention to members” and “leadership style”.