Presentaion and Validation of the model of empowerment of education and training staff with the approach of performance improvement

Subject Areas : Public administration

hassan panahi ¹ , Nader Bohlooli ² , Nasser Fegh-hi Farahmand ³ , mortaza honarmand azimi ⁴

1 - Department of Management, School of Management, Economics and Accounting, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz Branch, Tabriz, Iran
2 - Department of Management, School of Management, Economics and Accounting, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz Branch, Tabriz, Iran
3 - Department of Management, School of Management, Economics and Accounting, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz Branch, Tabriz, Iran
4 - Department of Management, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran.

Received: 2024-09-03 Accepted : 2025-01-12 Published : 2025-01-26

Keywords: empowerment, performance improvement, organizational support, organizational capacity building, collaborative organizational cultur,

Abstract :

The current research has been conducted with the aim of validating the model of empowerment of education and training staff, with the approach of improving performance, in education and training of East Azarbaijan province. This research is a descriptive-survey type with a developmental purpose and a mixed (qualitative-quantitative) approach. In the qualitative part, through the purposeful selection of a number of academic experts, managers and experts of the researched society as a sample and conducting semi-structured interviews with them, until reaching theoretical saturation that happened in interview 14, data was collected and analyzed The theme was analyzed. In the quantitative part, the statistical sample size was determined using Cochran's formula of 324 people by random sampling from the statistical population of 2100 people, and the data was collected by questionnaire and analyzed using structural equations and confirmatory factor analysis. It showed that, four overarching themes; Organizational support, capacity building of employees, collaborative organizational culture, improvement of employee performance with sixteen organizational themes, the theme network of employee empowerment model was formed with the approach of improving performance and was approved by professors and managers, and the amount of factor loads obtained also confirmed its appropriate fit. As a result, the obtained model has the necessary credibility to be implemented in education

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