Journal of Academic Management

The present study aimed to construct an interpretive structural modeling of educational leadership barriers and challenges and to examine the causal relationships and classification ... Read More The present study aimed to construct an interpretive structural modeling of educational leadership barriers and challenges and to examine the causal relationships and classification of these barriers. This study was a mixed-method study with a sequential exploratory strategy. In the qualitative phase, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 19 principals, teachers, and educational management experts in West Azerbaijan Province using purposive sampling and snowball technique until theoretical saturation was reached, and the main barriers were identified. In the quantitative phase, the statistical population was the same as the qualitative phase, and the same 19 participants in the qualitative phase who had the highest level of expertise were invited to complete a paired comparison questionnaire. The quantitative data collection tool was a researcher-made paired comparison questionnaire in which respondents were asked to determine the type of relationship (no relationship, one-way relationship, two-way relationship) by comparing eight main barriers in pairs. Data analysis was performed using interpretive structural modeling (ISM) and related software, followed by MICMAC analysis. The ISM model showed that financial barriers, social barriers, structural barriers, and lack of meritocracy were at the first level (most influential), educational barriers were at the second level, and three barriers of lack of professional and skill competence of leaders, inadequate quantity and quality of facilities and equipment, and lack of efficiency and effectiveness of teaching staff were at the last level (most dependent). MICMAC analysis also confirmed these four first-level barriers as independent and influential variables and the last-level barriers as dependent and influential variables. Removing the root financial, social, structural, and meritocracy barriers is an effective prerequisite for overcoming other barriers to educational leadership.

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Development and validation of the ambidextrous leadership scale in higher education

Maasoumeh Mohtaram; Zahra Pakbaz

Volume 5, Issue 2 , July 2026

https://doi.org/10.22034/jam.2026.145915.1155

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Given the changing and evolving conditions of the current world, how organizations are guided and led to effectively deal with the emerging conditions of their interactive environment ... Read More

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Identification and Hierarchical Structuring of the Barriers to the Internationalization of Iraq’s Higher Education System: An Interpretive Structural Modeling (ISM) Approach

Sirus Mansoori; Farzaneh Gharibi; Karim Al-Naeimi

Volume 4, Issue 3 , October 2025

https://doi.org/10.22034/jam.2026.145636.1138

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The present study was conducted with the aim of identifying and hierarchically structuring the barriers to the internationalization of Iraq’s higher education system. The research ... Read More

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Dimensions, Components, and Indicators of Faculty-to-Faculty Bullying in University Settings: Perspectives of Female Faculty Members

Khalil Zandi; Nassireh Ghaderi; Forough Moradian

Volume 4, Issue 4 , January 2025

https://doi.org/10.22034/jam.2026.145786.1146

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One form of academic bullying is the mistreatment of a faculty member by one or more of their fellow faculty members. The present study aimed to identify the dimensions, components, ... Read More

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Validity and Reliability of the Teacher Credibility Scale

Khalil Zandi; Seyed Adnan Hosseini

Volume 3, Issue 3 , October 2024, , Pages 127-113

https://doi.org/10.22034/jam.2025.143674.1105

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The objective of the present study was to examine the Validity and reliability of McCroskey and Teven's (1999) Teacher Credibility Scale. The present ... Read More

The effect of transformational leadership on teachers' self-efficacy with the mediating role of knowledge sharing and knowledge-based school culture

Sheler Moardi; Anvar Shahmohammdi

Volume 3, Issue 2 , July 2024, , Pages 121-104

https://doi.org/10.22034/jam.2024.63802

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The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between transformational leadership and teachers' self-efficacy with the mediating role of knowledge sharing and knowledge-based ... Read More

Developed and standardized a Teaching StressQuestionnaire

Farogh yazdanseta; elahe simaee; bahaeddin rahmani

Volume 3, Issue 2 , July 2024, , Pages 152-122

https://doi.org/10.22034/jam.2024.63532

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The purpose of this study was to Developed and standardized a Teaching Stress Questionnaire for measuring the teaching stress. In this regard, a questionnaire to assess the stress of ... Read More

The structural analysis of patriarchal and paternalistic leadership with job burnout staff of Islamic Azad Universities southwest of Tehran

Saeid Moradi

Volume 3, Issue 1 , March 2024, , Pages 101-70

https://doi.org/10.22034/jam.2024.62258

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The aim of this study was the structural analysis of patriarchal and paternalistic leadership with job burnout staff of Islamic Azad Universities southwest of Tehran. The research method ... Read More

Analysis of lived experiences from hidden learning of elementary school students in the face of video games and animations (Phenomenological study)

somayeh kiyarsi; Mazhar Babaee

Volume 3, Issue 1 , March 2024, , Pages 145-120

https://doi.org/10.22034/jam.2024.62329

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Examining how hidden media learning of children has always been one of the most important issues in the education system of the country. Based on this, the researchers in the present ... Read More

Identifying student leadership competencies: a qualitative study

reza ghanbari

Volume 2, Issue 4 , January 2024, , Pages 65-34

https://doi.org/10.22034/jam.2023.63159

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Higher education plays an important and effective role in the education of society's human resources by providing appropriate platforms and opportunities to acquire and develop students' ... Read More

The effect of authentic leadership style on the job performance of faculty members of Allameh Tabatabai University with the mediating role of social self-efficacy

hossein hamzavi; AbdulWase khademi; atefe mohebi

Volume 2, Issue 2 , July 2023, , Pages 48-20

https://doi.org/10.22034/jam.2023.62815

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Since the faculty members of universities and higher education institutions are responsible for teaching and disseminating science and knowledge in the university, and the quality and ... Read More Since the faculty members of universities and higher education institutions are responsible for teaching and disseminating science and knowledge in the university, and the quality and development of knowledge depends to a large extent on the performance of these members, therefore, investigating the factors affecting their job performance is vital. Is. On the other hand, faculty members can learn about how other factors affect their job performance and take action to increase the quality of their activities. Therefore, the purpose of this research was to investigate the effect of authentic leadership style on the job performance of faculty members of Allameh Tabatabai University with the mediating role of social self-efficacy. This research is an applied research in terms of its purpose, and a descriptive-survey research in terms of data collection. The statistical population of this research is all the faculty members of Allameh Tabatabai University of Tehran in the number of 545 people and the size of the statistical sample is 226 members based on Cochran's formula. A questionnaire was used to collect data. Questionnaire criteria to measure the authentic leadership style variable from Avolio et al. (2006) adapted from Biranvand et al. (2018), social self-efficacy variable from Grieve et al. (2014), And the job performance variable was from Bontis Vesrenko (2007) adapted from Nowshad (2013). The validity of the questionnaire was done through confirmatory factor analysis and factor loadings, and the overall reliability of the questionnaire was obtained by determining the Cronbach's alpha coefficient equal to 0.902. In order to analyze the data, the method of structural equation model and partial square was used and spss 22 and lisrel software were used. The results of the research showed that authentic leadership style has a positive and significant effect on the job performance of Allameh Tabatabai University faculty members with the mediating role of social self-efficacy. Authentic leadership style by providing a strong strategy based on values and beliefs, through the mediating role of social selfefficacy, will strengthen people's self-confidence and help to achieve better job performance of faculty members.

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Interpretive Structural Modeling of Educational Leadership Barriers Using a Mixed Approach and MICMAC Analysis

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Development and validation of the ambidextrous leadership scale in higher education

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Identification and Hierarchical Structuring of the Barriers to the Internationalization of Iraq’s Higher Education System: An Interpretive Structural Modeling (ISM) Approach

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Dimensions, Components, and Indicators of Faculty-to-Faculty Bullying in University Settings: Perspectives of Female Faculty Members

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Validity and Reliability of the Teacher Credibility Scale

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The effect of transformational leadership on teachers' self-efficacy with the mediating role of knowledge sharing and knowledge-based school culture

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Developed and standardized a Teaching StressQuestionnaire

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The structural analysis of patriarchal and paternalistic leadership with job burnout staff of Islamic Azad Universities southwest of Tehran

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Analysis of lived experiences from hidden learning of elementary school students in the face of video games and animations (Phenomenological study)

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Identifying student leadership competencies: a qualitative study

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The effect of authentic leadership style on the job performance of faculty members of Allameh Tabatabai University with the mediating role of social self-efficacy

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