Analysis of the effect of servant leadership style and positive organizational behavior on the job performance of employees in educational organizations
Document Type : Original Article
Authors
1 Associate Professor, Department of Public Administration, Allameh Tabatabai University, Tehran, Iran.
2 Professor, Business Management Department, Faculty of Economics, Management and Administrative Sciences, Semnan University, Iran.
3 Master of Public Administration, Faculty of Management and Accounting, Allameh Tabatabai University, Tehran, Iran.
Abstract
Methods: In terms of the nature of the data, the current research is a quantitative research, and in terms of data collection, it is a cross-sectional descriptive-survey research, and in terms of its purpose, it is an applied research. The statistical population of this research is the managers and employees of non-profit higher education institutions in Tehran, numbering 395 people, and the statistical sample size is 195 people based on Cochran's formula estimation. Also, non-probability sampling method is available. Also, the data collection tool is a 41-item questionnaire consisting of the servant leadership questionnaire from Patterson et al. (2005), the positive organizational behavior questionnaire from Lutans and Youssef (2007), and the employee job performance questionnaire from Koopmans (2011), which is used to analyze the collected data and information. Structural equation modeling method was used using 22 SPSS and LISREL software.
Results: The findings of the research showed that the servant leadership style has a significant effect on the job performance of employees with a t-coefficient of 8.25 and a standard coefficient of 0.61. Also, positive organizational behavior has a significant effect on the job performance of employees with a t coefficient of 7.76 and a standard coefficient of 0.83. The findings show that positive organizational behavior has a more significant effect on employee job performance than servant leadership.
Conclusion: Servant leaders and positive organizational behavior have created positive support levels for their people by empowering employees, prioritizing in meeting their needs and stimulating their full potential, which improves the job performance levels of employees and the organization.
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