Causal Model of Counselors Job Engagement Based on Job Adaptation Ability and Mediation of Organizational Support in Tehran City Schools

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Ph.D. in Educational Management, Islamic Azad University, Roudehen Branch

2 Ph.D. in Higher Education Management, Assistant Professor, Islamic Azad University, Roodehen Branch

3 Ph.D. in Educational Management- Faculty of Islamic Azad University, Roodehen Branch

Abstract

Introduction: The purpose of this study was to explain the causal model of job counselors' promotion of job based on the ability of job adaptation to mediate organizational support in Tehran schools.
Methods: This research is a descriptive survey and on the other hand, due to the analysis of internal relationships among the components, factor analysis is a correlation method. The statistical population includes all school counselors of Tehran city in the academic year of 1997-97 with 851 students who were selected by simple equation and stratified random sampling based on structural equations hypothesis. The tools used were: Savikas Job Adaptation Ability Questionnaire 20 (2005), Edwards & Kyle Patrick (20) Job Attachment Questionnaire (1987), and Sai et al. (2015) Organizational Support Questionnaire. Conventional descriptive statistics and inferential statistics such as Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, correlation matrix, confirmatory factor analysis, structural equation modeling were used to analyze the data using SPSS24, LISRELL software.
Results: The results showed that job adaptability with 0.23 and organizational support with 0.51 explained the job attachment of consultants and also explained job adaptability with 0.32 of organizational support.
Conclusion: The results also show the direct effect of job adaptation ability and its indirect effect through mediating organizational support on job attachment.

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