Validation of managers' digital competencies model (Case of study: Organization of Education Evaluation of the country)

the current research was conducted with the aim of validating the model of digital competencies of managers in a mixed method. The research method of the qualitative part was thematic analysis based on the model of Clark and Brown (2006), and the data collection tool was a semi-structured and in-depth interview, which was analyzed by open and axial coding. The research community was the managers and experts of the qualitative department of the country's education assessment organization, and the data reached the saturation level with 15 of them. In the quantitative part, the confirmatory factor analysis method and Smart-Pls2 software were used, and the statistical population of the quantitative part included managers and supervisors working in the country's education assessment organization in the number of 250 people. Digital competences of managers with eight overarching themes including knowledge and awareness, individual characteristics, new approach to management, digital infrastructure of the organization, technological development, creative digital environment, strengthening technological human resources and updating the organizational system with 20 organizing themes and 93 components. It was identified in the form of basic themes. All the coefficients of the above model are in the acceptable range with a confidence level of 95%. The models of the research variables are in a good condition from the point of view of all three categories of fit index. As a result, according to the obtained results, it can be said that the model is approved.