The Relationship between Organizational Health and Organizational Maturity among Educational Organizations

The present study examined the relationship between organizational health and organizational maturity by using a descriptive-correlation method. The population in this study consisted of all employees of the department of education of a district (about 190 people). Out of this huge population, a number of 127 people were selected by using stratified random sampling method, and Cochran’s sample size estimation. The research instrument included two questionnaires. The questionnaire was the 44-item questionnaire of Hoy et al., (1998) called Standard Organizational Health. The other questionnaire was a 67-item researcher-made questionnaire, titled as Organizational Maturity. The face and content validity of both questionnaires were confirmed by experts. The reliability estimate for organizational maturity was estimated by using Cronbach alpha, and it was 0.77. The estimated reliability of organizational health was 0.81. In this study, two levels of analysis were observed. 1) Descriptive statistics including: frequency distribution, percentage, mean, and standard deviation. 2) Inferential statistics including: Pearson or relation test, the stepwise regression test, multivariate analysis of variance(MANOVA). The results showed that there is a relationship between organizational health and organizational maturity (p < 0.001, r = 0.621). After consideration of the dimensions of organizational health, there was a significant relationship between dimensions of prudence, building maintenance, resource support, scientific focus, spirit, permeability of organizational health ( director’s authority), and organizational maturity. In contrast, there was no significant relationship between institutional integrity of organizational health and organizational maturity. The results of stepwise regression showed that among the dimensions of organizational health, (in the first step resource support, in the second step resource support, and spirit. And finally at the third step resource support, spirit, and building maintenance) can predict organizational maturity.