چکیده:
The aim of the present research is to examine the relationship between leadership style and organizational climate with the service productivity of Islamic Azad University managers in order to provide a suitable management pattern. The statistical population of this research consists of all administrative managers of various departments of Islamic Azad University, Region 8. In this descriptive research using the correlational method, 200 managers were randomly selected from various administrative departments. The measurement tools are Luthans' leadership style questionnaires (people-oriented and task-oriented leadership styles), Litwin and Stringer's organizational climate, and Smith et al.'s manager service productivity. Managers were selected based on leadership style; for each manager, 3 of their employees (600 people) commented on the organizational climate and manager service productivity. Multivariate regression analysis results show: 1- There is a relationship between the people-oriented leadership style and manager service productivity. 2- There is a relationship between organizational climates and manager service productivity. 3- In the proposed pattern of the research, among the dimensions of organizational climate, four dimensions—structure, reward, friendship, and controls—are effective in increasing the level of service productivity of Islamic Azad University managers.
خلاصه ماشینی:
The purpose of this study is to find the answer to the question: "Is there a relationship between leadership style and organizational climate with the service productivity of Islamic Azad University managers?" The main goal of this research in discovering the relationship between the above variables is, in fact, a type of systematic effort to establish a link between different domains of management knowledge and to identify the degree of compatibility of those variables.
The measurement tool in this research is the leadership style questionnaire (people-oriented and task-oriented) with 35 five-option questions; the organizational climate questionnaire with 50 four-option questions (having nine dimensions: structure, responsibility, reward, risk-taking, friendship, support, rules, conflict, and identity); and the managers' service productivity questionnaire with 17 five-option questions (which measure the productivity factor and refer to the efficiency and effectiveness of managers' performance).
Table 7- Summary of the model used (using regression for prediction) in the studied sample group (n=200) (Refer to the page image) Predictor variables: (constant), identity, conflict, structure, friendship, responsibility, support, rules, risk-taking, reward As observed in Table 7, there is a significant correlation between productivity and the nine dimensions of organizational climate.
Conclusion The first finding of the present research is that the productivity of services of Islamic Azad University managers is related to the human-oriented leadership style in the studied sample group.
Practical Suggestions and Recommendations Given the results of the present research, which indicate that the four dimensions of organizational climate—in order of importance: structure, reward, friendship, and rules—are effective in increasing the productivity of services of Islamic Azad University managers, the following suggestions are provided: Structure Structure is a variable that affects the organizational climate.
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