Identifying the Effective Normative and Behavioral Variables in the Performance of Primary School Principals

One of the effective factors in the state of schools is the performance of its principals, especially in the primary period. The current research was conducted with the aim of identifying the effective normative and behavioral variables in the performance of primary school principals.

This research in terms of purpose and implementation method was applied and qualitative from type of descriptive-developmental, respectively. The research population was primary school principals and universal specialists in the field of education, which number of 20 people of whom were selected as a sample with using the purposive sampling method and based on the principle of theoretical saturation. The data were collected by individual semi-structured interviews (the validity of the interview was confirmed by the triangulation method and its reliability was calculated by the agreement coefficient between two coders at 77.8) and analyzed by the open, axial and selective coding method in MAXQDA software.

The findings of the present research showed that for the effective variables in the performance of primary school principals were identified 76 indicators, 11 components and 2 dimensions. The effective behavioral dimension in the performance of primary school principals were included 37 indicators in 5 components of value, job satisfaction, motivation, personality and creativity. Also, the effective normative dimension in the performance of primary school principals were included 39 indicators in 6 components of organizational communication, organizational culture, organizational structure, decision-making styles, roles and expectations and goals and strategies. Finally, the effective normative and behavioral pattern in the performance of primary school principals was designed.

According to the results of this research, in order to improve the performance of school principals, can be taken effective steps through the identified indicators, components and dimensions for the effective variables in the performance of primary school principals.