Identifying the dimensions and behavioral indicators of school principals in the context of quantum paradigm: qualitative research

School students as customer and product of educational system make the management of schools different and more complex than other organizations. The purpose of this study is to identify the dimensions and behavioral indicators of school principals in quantum context. In this research, content analysis is done with a qualitative approach. The number of documents studied was 41, which was selected from valid scientific databases and between 2000 and 2017. A total of 8 teachers and administrators of the schools and professors of the university were selected through targeted sampling and interviewed in a semi-structured way. In order to investigate the validity of the findings, the methods of aligning data resources and researcher Self review is used for determining the reliability of the agreement between the two encoders. Content analysis and open and axial coding were used for data analysis. The findings showed that the behavioral characteristics of managers included 8 dimensions of vision, thinking, feeling, knowing, trusting, acting, communication and learning, which were obtained from 29 domains and 95 indicators. Then, it distinguishes learning from school management from management in other environments. This research can lead to the development of a questionnaire, to examine the status of school administrators at the present time.