Identify and prioritize effective factors in empowering in technical and vocational schools managers of kerman

The purpose of this study was to identify and prioritize the factors affecting the empowerment of technical and vocational school managers in Kerman province in 2015-2016. This research was a mixed method. The statistical population in the qualitative section was informed persons in the field of empowerment of technical and vocational conservatory managers who were selected by purposive sampling and chained 20 individuals. In the quantitative section, the statistical population consisted of all managers of technical and vocational schools of Kerman province, who were selected by using sample size determination formula (Sarai, 2014). The data collection tool was qualitative, semi-structured interviews and focus group discussions, and in the quantitative part, a researcher-made questionnaire. The validity of this questionnaire was confirmed by expert opinion and its reliability was calculated. Cronbach's alpha coefficient for the 5 components ranged from 0.83 to 0.91. In qualitative part, using open and axial coding, 5 main components and 17 sub components of manager empowerment were identified and in quantitative part of research, Friedman rank test was performed to prioritize managers' empowerment components and respectively Executive, organizational, professional, communication and personal skills ranks first to fifth. Given the identified skills and their order of importance, it is recommended that these skills be given priority and importance in executive and training plans to empower managers at different levels.