The relationship Between Faculties’ individual competencies and Academic Performance

The purpose of this paper is to identify the possible relationship between faculties’ individual competencies and their academic performance while universitiesʹ quality working life mediates their relationship. From analysis of alternative research approaches, a field survey seems to be the most appropriate methodological choice. This study is a field study of real organizations rather than an artificial setting. Data was collected by questionnaire consists of items measuring the variables of primary interest namely the independent, mediator, and dependent variables. For testing our hypotheses, we used as a sampling frame the faculty members, employees, and students of 72 universities which are located in northwest area of the country. Using statistical formula, the final sample involves (n) 896 respondents that were selected by a stratified random sampling and based on ratio of each groups. The results of regression analysis indicate that the individual competencies are significantly associated with the level of facultiesʹ academic performance. The results of hierarchical regression analysis indicate that the extent of universities ʹquality working life is able to significantly change the total variations in the academic performance explained by individual competencies.