Document Type : Research/Original/Regular
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PhD student in Educational Management, Islamic Azad University, Marand branch, Iran.
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Department of Governmental management, Islamic Azad University, Khoy Branch, Iran.
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Associate Professor of Educational Administration, Department of Education, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University, Iran
10.22059/jscm.2024.368043.2457
Abstract
The aim of the current research was to present a model of social capital pathology in the education system. A mixed or combined method based on content analysis and structural equation modeling was utilized. In the qualitative research section, the statistical community included experts and professors in the field of education in Tabriz city, selected through purposive sampling. In the quantitative section, teachers and administrators were chosen based on the Cochran formula. Twelve semi-structured interviews were coded using ATLAS TI software and analyzed through content analysis. A total of 384 researcher-designed questionnaires were distributed and completed. Structural equation modeling analysis was conducted using the SMATPLS software. The research results indicated that social capital components contribute to relational damages (dimensions, certainty in social awareness, social erosion, conformity in social relationships, certainty in social commitment, social knowledge forecast), planning damages (organizational conflicts with collective capital, erosion of organizational principles, decline of cognitive assets), institutional damages (underdevelopment of thoughts in environmental relationships, structural conflicts within the organization, erosion of social structure, susceptibility to behavioral abnormalities), and individual interactional components (cognitive-behavioral rigidity, lack of interest in collective participation, decline in trust and resilience, and mastery of behavioral abnormalities). The use of structural equation modeling demonstrated that the proposed relationships in the qualitative analysis were statistically confirmed, with factor loadings above 0.3 and t-statistics exceeding 1.96. Fit indices were also entirely in suitable conditions, affirming that the social capital pathology model in education is adequately fitted.
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