Evaluation of Agency and Stewardship Approach in Four Units of the Islamic Azad University and Prediction of Their Potential Productivity

Abstract

There are two general views of management known as Agency and Stewardship. The kind of management approach or methodology that managers choose in managing their organizations depend on various factors such as psychological, cultural and structural factors. In this study, the influence of these factors and the tendency of managers and employees of four units of the Islamic Azad University to agency or stewardship have been studied. This is a correlation study, Statistical Population of this research including directors, assistants and employees of four units of the Islamic Azad University (N=100) .Thus sampling was not done and they were all studied. Data is collected by means of scholar questionnaires that its content validity was measured via referring to reviewers and specialists and its reliability amount was calculated 0.78 by Cronbach's alpha .Collecting data were analyzed by correlation coefficient and F test. The results show that there is a significant relationship between views of officials and employees both about psychological, structural and cultural factors and Stewardship approach. Therefore, the potential productivity of four units of the Islamic Azad University is available.