Effect of an Educational Intervention of Seven Quantum Management Skills on Job Satisfaction, Job Involvement, and Organizational Commitment of Physical Education Teachers

In today's complex world, organizations are always trying to develop the staff’s capabilities and capacities to enhance the productivity and organizational efficiency. This study was a quasi-experimental research including two groups and pretest-posttest, as well as follow-up study. The aim of this research was to measure the effect of educational intervention of seven quantum management skills on job satisfaction, job involvement, and organizational commitment of physical education teachers in the third educational district of Isfahan. 29 physical education teachers were selected by availability sampling method and then accidentally divided in two group (experimental group: 14, control group: 15). The instruments in this research includes Minnesota job satisfaction questionnaire (1967), Lodahl and Kejner job involvement scale (1965), and Meyer and Allen organizational commitment scale (1991). The experimental group in this research participated for 8 sessions in quantum management skills education classes during one month. Also, both of experimental and control groups measured by research instruments before, after, and after 3 months of educational intervention. The data was analyzed by covariate analysis method. The results indicated that educational intervention of quantum management skills significantly effect on improving the mean numbers of PE teachers’ job satisfaction(14.19), job involvement (8.19), and organizational commitment (12.73). Also, that effect was stable after three months of intervention. Accordingly, the relevant authorities in the Ministry of Education recommended to teach seven quantum management skills to PE teachers in order to improve their job attitudes.