Journal of Cultural Leadership Studies

The purpose of this research was to investigate the effect of servant leadership measures on the retention of employees of educational organizations with the mediating role of ethical organizational culture. The research method was descriptive-survey with emphasis on structural equation modeling. The statistical population of the research consisted of all managers and employees of Fars Education Organization (289 people). To determine the sample size, Cochran's formula was used and 165 people were selected as samples, which were selected using the probability sampling method and specifically the available sampling method. The data collection tool was a questionnaire. Data analysis was done with SPSS 22 and LISREL 8 software. The findings of this research showed that the actions of servant leadership have a significant effect on the retention of employees of educational organizations with the mediating role of ethical organizational culture. The results of this research showed that servant leadership has a significant effect on the retention of employees in educational organizations through the promotion of service, humility, trust and kindness with the mediation of an ethical organizational culture.

Keywords: Leadership, servant leadership, organizational culture, ethical organizational culture, employee retention, educational organizations.

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Childhood experiences and cultural beliefs shape the teacher's approach to decision-making and social interactions, including the educational approach in the classroom. This research was conducted to investigate the relationship between adherence to cultural identity and the level of social order of teachers, which is applied in terms of purpose and descriptive in terms of method and is a survey branch. The statistical population of the present study consists of secondary school teachers in Pars Abad city, numbering 380 people. The Cochran formula was used to determine the sample size. Based on the results of the sample size determination test, the sample size was 191 people. To measure cultural identity and social order, a researcher-made questionnaire based on the approvals of the Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution was used. To measure the reliability of the research questionnaire, the Cronbach's alpha test was used. To analyze the hypotheses, Pearson correlation test was used according to the results of Kolmogorov-Smirnov test. The results show that there is a significant relationship between the level of adherence to cultural identity and social order of teachers. There is also a significant relationship between the dimensions of cultural identity (national identity, religious identity, and revolutionary identity) and social order of teachers.

Keywords: Cultural identity, national identity, religious identity, revolutionary identity, social order

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Many factors influence teachers' job performance, including aptitude, attitude, subject mastery, teaching methodology, personal characteristics, the classroom environment, personality, and student relations. Understanding the factors that contribute to the development of quality teachers is critical. Teachers who are dissatisfied with their jobs will not be committed or productive. The present study was conducted with the aim of predicting the educational performance of teachers through the empowerment of school factors. The statistical population of this study consists of 280 administrative factors of elementary schools in Ardabil, with a sample size of 163 and was determined using the Cochran formula. The data collection tool was the School Factors Empowerment Scale by Short and Reinhart (1992) and Zandi Educational Performance (2013), which was collected using virtual sampling with an online questionnaire. Face validity was used to determine the validity of the questionnaires and Cronbach's alpha to examine reliability. Also, to test the research hypotheses, after examining the normality of the data (Kolmogrov-Smirnov test), a linear regression analysis test was used. The research findings showed that the School Participant Empowerment and its dimensions (decision-making, professional growth, base, self-efficacy, autonomy, and influence) have a significant effect on predicting the educational performance of elementary school teachers in Ardabil city.

Keywords: School Participant Empowerment, educational performance, teachers

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Considering the importance of education in comprehensive development, one of the factors that is somehow related to the efficiency of the educational system and can affect it is the professional ethics of teachers and organizational culture and their impact on teachers' educational performance. The present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the mediating role of organizational culture in the effect of professional ethics on teachers' educational performance. Its statistical population consists of all elementary school teachers in Ardabil city. The sample size was 355 samples selected based on the Hooman method, of which 320 samples were analyzed using the online sampling method. A standard questionnaire was used to collect data. Also, the path analysis method of the structural equation model was used to analyze the research hypotheses. The results of the study showed that organizational culture is directly, significantly and positively affected by professional ethics (β = 0.223), and educational performance is also directly, significantly and positively affected by organizational culture (β = 0.192), and finally educational performance is directly, significantly and positively affected by professional ethics (β = 0.441). The findings of the study also showed that organizational culture plays a mediating role in the effect of professional ethics on teachers' educational performance.

Keywords: Organizational culture, professional ethics, educational performance, teachers

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Affective well-being refers to the frequency and intensity with which people experience positive affect (PA) and negative affect (NA). PA and NA encompass both specific emotions and general mood states. The present study aimed to investigate the structural model of emotional well-being among elementary school teachers. The statistical population of the present study was all elementary school teachers with different educational backgrounds who were employed in public and non-profit schools in Ardabil city. The data collection tool for teachers' affective well-being was the Rego et al. (2009) indices, which were sampled using a standard online questionnaire using simple random sampling and 217 samples were analyzed. To fit the model, a structural measurement model - confirmatory factor analysis - was used. The results of the study showed that emotional well-being with five components of comfort, pleasure, enthusiasm, power, and peace is prevalent among elementary school teachers in Ardabil city, and teachers have an acceptable level of emotional well-being. The findings of this study confirm the affective well-being in the work of Rego et al. (2009), in which emotional well-being with the dimensions of comfort, pleasure, enthusiasm, power, and peace always leads to a positive effect and creates emotional improvement in the organization.

Keywords: Factor analysis, Affective well-being, teachers

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The present study examined the effect of interactive teaching methods on developing students' creativity in elementary schools by using interactive teaching methods in classrooms. This study shows that interactive teaching significantly increases students' creativity, and these methods not only improve the learning process but also increase students' participation and motivation in the classroom. One of the most important achievements of this article is the positive effect of interactive teaching on students' critical thinking and creativity. These methods, by creating a collaborative atmosphere and encouraging students to express their ideas and opinions, provide the basis for strengthening creative thinking and innovation. On the other hand, the use of modern technologies and digital educational tools in the interactive teaching process helps students to become familiar with new and complex concepts visually and empirically, and these experiences are effective in strengthening their problem-solving and creative thinking skills. Also, the results of this article show that interactive teaching, especially in elementary classrooms, increases students' motivation and interest in learning. By creating an active and collaborative learning environment, students feel that they have a role in the learning process, and this feeling increases their self-confidence and makes them look at issues and topics more creatively.In general, the article "The Effect of Interactive Teaching Methods on Developing Students' Creativity in Elementary Schools" well shows how, by using modern and interactive teaching methods, we can provide the basis for the growth and flourishing of creativity in students and encourage them to learn more and better.