The Design and Evaluation of a Causal Model of Creativity and Innovation of Educational Administrators in Tehran City

This study aimed to design and evaluate a causal model of creativity and innovation of the educational administrators in Tehran city. The sampling frame of the study included all educational administrators (elementary, guidance and high schools) in the 19 educational regions of Tehran in the school year 1388-89. A sample of 308 (147 men and 161women) was drawn out of a total of 1291 using a proportionate stratified sampling method. A use was made of a multitude of questionnaires including Creativity (Torrance, 1959), Organizational Climate (Bartlett, 1974), Organizational Culture Survey (Denison, 2000), Organizational Innovation (Amid et al., 2002), Organizational Learning (Neff, 2001),and Knowledge Management (Roelof & Beijerse, 1999). Data was analyzed using Freidman’s test, Middle weight method, Structural Equation Modeling (SEM), and Confirmatory path Analysis. The results of the study are as follows: A) creativity and innovation of educational administrators in Tehran was medium. B) organizational climate,organizational culture, organizational learning and knowledge management of educational administrators in Tehran was medium. C) organizational culture, knowledge management, organizational learning and organizational climate had the smallest to greatest impact oncreativity and innovation respectively D) There was a positively significant relationship between organizational climate, organizational culture, organizational learning, knowledge management and creativity and innovation of educational administrators in Tehran E) The causal model of creativity and innovation of educational administrators in Tehran fit the data. F) There was no significant difference between men and women in innovation, organizational culture and organizational