Investigating the role of learning type, leadership style and organizational learning culture on the job performance of Urmia University employees

Dissertation for Master's Degree in Educational Management

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to investigate the role of learning type, leadership style and organizational learning culture on the job performance of Urmia University employees in 2014. Using simple random sampling method, 215 employees of Urmia University were selected as a sample. The research method in this study was descriptive and correlational.  To collect information from Kirby's Learning Approach Questionnaire (2003), according to Cronbach's alpha method, whose reliability is equal to /90, Bass and Oliver's leadership style questionnaire (2004), according to Cronbach's alpha method, whose reliability is /96, Patterson's occupational performance questionnaire (1991), according to Cronbach's alpha method, whose reliability is equal to /91, Marsik and Watkins' organizational learning culture questionnaire ( 2003), using Cronbach's alpha method, whose reliability is 93/. Data were analyzed using Pearson's correlation coefficient, confirmatory factor analysis model, structural equation modeling method, exploratory analysis model. The results showed that in order to increase the performance of the organization's employees, it is better to pay attention to providing factors such as leadership style, employee learning approach and organizational learning culture. At the same time, he considered that there are causal relationships between these factors that can explain the level of job performance of the organization's employees. that is, to improve or reduce its amount.

Key words: learning approach, leadership style, job performance, organizational learning culture.

Introduction

A university is an organization that engages in educational and research activities. Besides that, academicians as a thinker and thinker stratum of the society influence how to make decisions in the social, economic and political areas, therefore, while performing the main functions, the university as an effective intellectual institution is effective on the transformation or stability of the cultural and social structure. Each society defines the position of its universities according to the specific development process it follows. The higher education system of any country as a profession has a fundamental role in the production of knowledge. The production of knowledge requires foundation and fundamental changes in the structures and higher education systems of any country as a profession, which plays a fundamental role in the production of knowledge. Today, this system has allocated a significant share of the budget of each country, and considering the importance and role of universities in the economic, social, cultural and political dimensions of society, it is necessary to help in the production, distribution and consumption of scientific products in various dimensions; What knowledge and science the global national community has should be investigated. And the target market should be known and formed based on the orientation of the universities. (Dalavi, Mohammad Reza, 2019, p. 2).

Among the social institutions of the society, universities and education centers have a major contribution in the production of scientific and technical information. The production of knowledge in universities is the result of the scientific and research activities of faculty members and the editing and translation of scientific books, and it is one of their inseparable duties. (Jaafari, Gol Taji, 2011, p. 562) Today, many organizations are undergoing change and any change requires employees and managers who are adaptable and adapt to the changes. In the meantime, social interaction in a decent and fruitful way is increasingly important for most managers and leaders as a key in managing organizational changes. Today, achieving the goals of organizations depends to a large extent on the proper and correct performance of employees. Currently, the main and deep gap between nations is in terms of knowledge and ignorance, not wealth and poverty. The main challenge is human power, and the competitive power of nations depends on the quality of their human capital. (Mortazavi, 1387, p. 42) Employees in service organizations play an important role in realizing the goals and objectives of organizations and especially the quality of their services. (Haidari Tafarshi, 1390, p. 34).

Today's world is full of complications that have made organizations face many problems in the field of growth and excellence, and managers as planners, organizers and leaders of the human caravan with challenges He has faced many. In the meantime, the role of leadership style, organizational culture and creativity, as three important factors affecting productivity and effectiveness, is important and has an effect on the growth of the organization, increasing service quality, success in competition, increasing employee motivation, job satisfaction and reducing costs and wasting resources, and it encourages pragmatism, therefore it needs more investigation and study.. The quality of services in organizations depends on the leadership style and the learning approach in that organization, if the employees use the right type of learning, they can perform well, and if the right leadership style is used, the services will be provided correctly. Organizational learning culture is also the integration of training and organizational culture. If the employees receive the necessary training, this training can affect their performance. This research is based on the fact that the performance of employees depends on the type of learning, leadership style and culture of organizational learning, is there a relationship between these variables among university employees in Urmia University? Therefore, these changes and developments also affect organizations and companies, and organizations are in balance with the environment as a system. Job performance is defined as the organizational value of the employee's job behaviors in different times and job situations. (Khodapanahi et al., 2008, p. 302). In order to continue their organizational life, they need to respond to environmental changes, and any organization that does not have the ability to deal with changes will be doomed. Performance in any organization depends on the performance of employees and managers, opportunities, resources and facilities, as well as being affected by environmental systems and other organizations. The performance of employees also depends on individual variables (mental abilities and skills and life background), psychological variables (perception, attitude, personality, learning and motivation) and organizational variables and resources, leadership and payments, structure and job plan. (Tusi, 1381, p. 302).

Performance evaluation has many applications in organizations. Every manager uses evaluations in order to make important decisions such as promotion, transfer and termination of service. Assessments determine people's need for training and development and accurately identify abilities and skills. which are currently not sufficient, but it is possible to plan for their correction, and performance evaluation is used as a guideline that can be used to evaluate selection and development programs. With performance evaluation, it is possible to identify newly hired employees who perform poorly. Also, the impact of training and development programs can be determined from how employees perform in the performance evaluation program. Also, in order to provide feedback to employees about the organization's attitude towards their performance, evaluations are used. Finally, performance evaluations are used as a basis for awarding rewards. Also, the determination of the recipient of additional salary and other rewards based on merit is the responsibility of performance evaluations. In fact, he believes that ability and motivation lead to appropriate job performance [2] In general, motivation is an internal state and energy that makes a person to perform certain behaviors, motivation makes a person perform a behavior in a directed manner, with an effort and continuity during a specific time period. (Khodapanahi et al., 2018, p. 302). Han has attracted researchers and people of the society. This word implicitly refers to powerful and dynamic people. Perhaps the reason for the widespread appeal of leadership is that leadership is a very mysterious process that exists in everyone's life. (Yukal, 1382, p. 37).  Leadership style is a behavioral pattern that a person shows when trying to influence the activities of others as others imagine. The implementation of organizational goals and standards implies that in practice this leadership power is applied in different ways, which are called leadership styles (Kosha, 2006, p. 91). Management is one of the pillars of organization and society. Educational management has a special place among all types of management. If the education and upbringing of any society are at the top of all the issues of the society, then the educational management has an important place in the improvement and development of the society with the same logic. (Mir Kamali, 1379, p. 9)