The mediating role of job passion in the relationship between pure professional development of managers and organizational excellence

The purpose of this research was to investigate the relationship between pure professional development of managers and organizational excellence with the mediating role of job enthusiasm from the perspective of secondary school principals in the 2nd district of Shiraz. The study population included all the principals of secondary schools in the 2nd district of Shiraz in the number of 185 people, according to the Morgan table, the statistical sample size was 127 people. In order to collect data, three questionnaires of Askari's organizational excellence 2004), pure professional development of managers by Haj Khozaimeh et al. (2023) and job enthusiasm of Salvanava and Shoufeli (2001) were used. Applied, descriptive and correlational research methods were used in the research method. Cronbach's alpha coefficient of three questionnaires was 0/79 , 0/82 & 0/90 respectively. To analyze the data from this research, descriptive statistics (mean - standard deviation - skewness and kurtosis) and inferential statistics (Pearson's correlation and path analysis method) were used by SPSS and AMOSS software. The results showed that there is a positive and significant relationship between job enthusiasm, pure professional development of managers and organizational excellence. also; was The mediating role of job passion in the relationship between pure professional development of managers and organizational excellence confirmed.