Providing and Validating a Competency Model for Principals of Entrepreneurial Schools

The purpose of this study was to present and validate the competency model for principals of entrepreneurial schools. The method of the present study was integrated (qualitative-quantitative) and applied in terms of purpose. In the qualitative part, the participants included some experts and school principals in the field of entrepreneurship. Based on the principle of theoretical saturation, 8 people were selected and interviewed by purposive sampling. In the quantitative part of the research, the respondents included school principals. Sample size was selected with Sample power 320 software. The research tool was a researcher-made questionnaire that was designed based on the qualitative results of the first stage of the research. Based on Cronbach's alpha coefficient, the reliability was estimated 0.86. To analyze the data in the qualitative part, the coding method was used and in the quantitative part, the structural equation method with the Smart Pls approach was used. Findings showed that causal conditions (vision, goals, mission, and values) have a significant relationship with the competence of entrepreneurial school principals; (T values ​​equal to 0.075, 3.892, 2.153 and 2.888, respectively), background conditions (network communication and organizational culture) affect the competence of school principals (T value equal to 2.114 and 2.628), interventionist conditions (personality traits) affect the competence of entrepreneurial school principals (T value 3.310), background conditions (communication network) And organizational culture) affected strategies (T value equal to 2.805 and 3.048), interventionist conditions (personality traits) affected strategies (T value equal to 7.588), and strategies affected performance management (T value equal to 318/18). Also, the overall GOF index of the fitting model was 0.534.