Abstract
The purpose of this research was to investigate the effect of ambivalent behavior and satisfaction with in-service training on the strategic flexibility of elementary school teachers in district 1 of Ardabil city. In terms of purpose, the current research is applied, in terms of method, it is correlational, and in terms of data collection method, it is field research. The statistical population of the current research is made up of all the teachers of primary schools in the 1st district of Ardabil city in the academic year of 1402-1401, whose number is equal to 1500 people. Morgan's table was used to determine the sample size and the sample is 306 people, the sampling method is stratified random (separated by gender). In this way, 42 were selected from male teachers and 264 from female teachers. To measure the variables, Jansen et al.'s two-column behavior questionnaire (2006), Pebiters et al.'s (2007) in-service training satisfaction questionnaire, and Sanchez's strategic flexibility questionnaire (2005) were used. The data was analyzed with SPSS version 28 software, and multiple regression was used to analyze the main and sub-hypotheses 1 and 2, and one-sample t-test was used to analyze the research questions. The research findings showed that ambivalent behavior and satisfaction with in-service training have a significant effect on teachers' strategic flexibility, and ambivalent behavior predicts 0.42 and satisfaction with training content 0.37 of the changes related to teachers' strategic flexibility. . It also predicts exploratory behavior 0.41 and efficiency behavior 0.39 from changes related to teachers' strategic flexibility. Finally, satisfaction with the training session is 0.34, satisfaction with the training content is 0.29, and satisfaction with the trainer is 0.17 predicting the changes related to the strategic flexibility of teachers. Also, the results showed that ambivalent behavior, satisfaction with in-service training and strategic flexibility of primary school teachers in district 1 of Ardabil city are in a higher than average condition.
Keywords: Ambivalent Behavior, Satisfaction with In-Service Training, Strategic Flexibility