Designing and Validating an Organizational DNA Questionnaire

Document Type : Sterategic Management

Authors

1 Associate, professor, Department of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Buali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran

2 Assistant Professor of Educational Management, Department of Educational Management, Ghaemshahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ghaemshahr, Iran

3 PhD student, Department of Educational Sciences, Buali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran

Abstract

Considering role and importance of organizational structure as one of the most important components and determinant of Efficiency in any organization to improve performance need to address it is important, understanding this important, the present study aimed to investigate the Factor Structure of the organizational DNA questionnaire. The research method is a descriptive survey. statistical population of the study included all managers and teachers Secondary school districts 1 of Kermanshah city, 316 form them were selected by using random cluster sampling. The research data collection tool was a researcher-made questionnaire. After study the content validity of the questionnaire, to check the construct validity of exploratory factor analysis and reliability analysis of Cronbach's alpha SPSS22 software was used. The results of exploratory factor analysis showed that organizational DNA questionnaire consists of four factors: decision making rights (7 items), information (7 items), organizational structure (7 items), and incentives (7 items). The reliability of the questionnaire was calculated using Cronbach's alpha coefficient for decision making rights (0.81), information (0.82), organizational structure (0.86) and stimuli (0.83). The results of this study showed that 28-items questionnaire is suitable scale for measuring organizational DNA.

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  • Receive Date: 31 May 2020
  • Revise Date: 15 August 2020
  • Accept Date: 05 September 2020

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