The impact of school organizational structure on the incidence of innovative teacher activities by mediating the role of quality of work life (case study: malekshahi primary schools)

 This study aimed to explain the mediating role of quality of work life in relation to the organizational structure of the school and the creative activities of primary school teachers in Malekshahi city in Ilam province. The present study is of applied purpose and descriptive-correlational in terms of data collection. The total size of the statistical population of teachers in the academic year 1339-98 was 196 which was analyzed by census method and finally the data of 185 students were analyzed. In this study standard questionnaires of school organizational structure and creative activities of teacher Heydarifard (2015) and quality of work life questionnaire of Najafi et al (2018) were used. The face and content validity of the questionnaire was verified with the opinion of a number of experts and mentors. Reliability of the research tool was determined by SPSS software using Cronbach's alpha coefficient for school organizational structure questionnaire 0.92, teacher innovation questionnaire 0.968 and work life quality questionnaire 0.899 which is suitable for this research. Data entry, descriptive analysis of demographic variables were performed using SPSS20 software and hypothesis testing was performed using AMOS20 software by structural equation method. The results showed that the organizational structure of the school has a significant relationship with teachers' innovative activities and their quality of work life at 1% alpha level. Also, the quality of work life of teachers is significantly correlated with their innovative activities at the 1% level. The variable mediating role of quality of work life was partially mediated by the relationship between school organizational structure and teachers' innovative activities. The t-test also showed that there was no significant difference between male and female teachers in terms of teachers' innovative activities. Based on the findings of the study, suggestions were made to reform the school structure, improve the quality of teachers 'work life, as well as create opportunities for teachers' creative activities. Abstract This study aimed to explain the mediating role of quality of work life in relation to the organizational structure of the school and the creative activities of primary school teachers in Malekshahi city in Ilam province. The present study is of applied purpose and descriptive-correlational in terms of data collection. The total size of the statistical population of teachers in the academic year 1339-98 was 196 which was analyzed by census method and finally the data of 185 students were analyzed. In this study standard questionnaires of school organizational structure and creative activities of teacher Heydarifard (2015) and quality of work life questionnaire of Najafi et al (2018) were used. The face and content validity of the questionnaire was verified with the opinion of a number of experts and mentors. Reliability of the research tool was determined by SPSS software using Cronbach's alpha coefficient for school organizational structure questionnaire 0.92, teacher innovation questionnaire 0.968 and work life quality questionnaire 0.899 which is suitable for this research. Data entry, descriptive analysis of demographic variables were performed using SPSS20 software and hypothesis testing was performed using AMOS20 software by structural equation method. The results showed that the organizational structure of the school has a significant relationship with teachers' innovative activities and their quality of work life at 1% alpha level. Also, the quality of work life of teachers is significantly correlated with their innovative activities at the 1% level. The variable mediating role of quality of work life was partially mediated by the relationship between school organizational structure and teachers' innovative activities. The t-test also showed that there was no significant difference between male and female teachers in terms of teachers' innovative activities. Based on the findings of the study, suggestions were made to reform the school structure, improve the quality of teachers 'work life, as well as create opportunities for teachers' creative activities. Abstract This study aimed to explain the mediating role of quality of work life in relation to the organizational structure of the school and the creative activities of primary school teachers in Malekshahi city in Ilam province. The present study is of applied purpose and descriptive-correlational in terms of data collection. The total size of the statistical population of teachers in the academic year 1339-98 was 196 which was analyzed by census method and finally the data of 185 students were analyzed. In this study standard questionnaires of school organizational structure and creative activities of teacher Heydarifard (2015) and quality of work life questionnaire of Najafi et al (2018) were used. The face and content validity of the questionnaire was verified with the opinion of a number of experts and mentors. Reliability of the research tool was determined by SPSS software using Cronbach's alpha coefficient for school organizational structure questionnaire 0.92, teacher innovation questionnaire 0.968 and work life quality questionnaire 0.899 which is suitable for this research. Data entry, descriptive analysis of demographic variables were performed using SPSS20 software and hypothesis testing was performed using AMOS20 software by structural equation method. The results showed that the organizational structure of the school has a significant relationship with teachers' innovative activities and their quality of work life at 1% alpha level. Also, the quality of work life of teachers is significantly correlated with their innovative activities at the 1% level. The variable mediating role of quality of work life was partially mediated by the relationship between school organizational structure and teachers' innovative activities.