Document Type : Research Paper
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Islamic Azad University, Darab branch
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The aim of the research is to design a hybrid educational leadership model based on the five pillars of the organization. This research is fundamental in terms of its results, exploratory in terms of its purpose, and mixed in terms of its research data. First, based on the research literature on virtual, Telecommuting, and hybrid education, the factors affecting hybrid educational leadership were identified, then they were categorized based on Mintzberg's five organizational pillars; namely, the organizational environment, structure, technology, goals, and people of the organization (human resources), and a Delphi questionnaire was designed and used as the basis for data collection. Twenty school principals and experts in Darab County were selected using the snowball method, and the Delphi questionnaire was provided to them in three stages. Finally, a consensus was reached among the Delphi panel members and a hybrid educational leadership model was designed. Based on the Kendall test, technology factors had the highest consensus with a coefficient of 0.786. After that, the individual factor of employees (0.740), environment (0.695), individual of managers (0.686), structural (0.649) and finally goals (0.594) were ranked respectively. Finally; the model was implemented using Smart-PLS software among principals and deputy principals of schools in Darab city to be validated. The overall model was confirmed in terms of validity, reliability and quality of the measurement model.
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