Journal of New Advances in Educational Management

Journal of New Advances in Educational Management

Comparing the productivity of Fars province school teachers according to the type of school and the gender of the students

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
Mohammad Javdani 1
Razieh Karimi 2
1 Educational Sciences, Farhangian University, Tehran, Iran
2 Educational sciences, Farhangian University, Tehran, Iran
10.22034/njournal.2025.503627.1011
Abstract
In today's changing and competitive environment, human resource productivity has become one of the most important concerns of organizations. The present study was conducted with the aim of comparing the productivity of primary and secondary school teachers in Fars province according to the type of school (gifted, Shahed, public, non-governmental) and the gender of the students in 2023-2024. The research was of an applied type, in the positivism paradigm was carried out with a quantitative approach and a survey method. The statistical population was 60,013 teachers of primary and secondary schools in Fars province. The sampling method was stratified proportional and cluster random. The sample size was determined as 1244 people using the Cochran formula. four questionnaires of organizational innovation(Ettlie and O'Keefe, 1982), organizational commitment(Allen and Meyer, 1990), job satisfaction(Satorre, 2022), and organizational health (Hart et al., 2000) were used to collect data and measure teacher productivity in four dimensions of innovation, organizational commitment, job satisfaction, and organizational health (morale)) after confirming validity (using face validity and validity index) and reliability (using Cronbach's alpha coefficient of .91). One-way analysis of variance and independent t-tests conducted with SPSS version 27 software were used to analyze the data. The findings showed: 1- There was a significant difference between the innovation of teachers in girls' and boys' schools and mixed schools and boys' schools; and the innovation of girls' school teachers was higher than that of boys', and the innovation of mixed school teachers was also higher than the both. 2- The organizational commitment and job satisfaction of mixed school teachers was higher than that of boys' and girls'. 3- There was a significant difference between the total productivity of teachers of mixed schools and teachers of girls' and boys', the productivity of teachers of mixed schools was higher than that of boys' and girls'. 4- The productivity of primary school teachers was higher than that of secondary school teachers. 5- The teachers of Shahed and non-governmental secondary schools had higher organizational commitment, job satisfaction, morale and total productivity compared to the teachers of governmental secondary schools. 6- There was no significant difference between the productivity of primary school teachers based on the type of school. The results of the study showed that teacher productivity differed according to the type of school and the gender of students; although in the primary school, this difference was not significant based on the type of school.
Keywords
teacher productivity"
Gifted"
Shahed"
public"
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non-governmental schools"
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  • Receive Date 02 March 2025
  • Revise Date 04 April 2025
  • Accept Date 13 July 2025
  • Publish Date 22 December 2025