Purpose: The current research was conducted with the aim of
designing a model and validating the quality of managers' working
life and its effect on their psychological well-being.
Materials and methods: The mentioned research is applied in
terms of purpose and in terms of cross-sectional time and in terms
of the method of collecting mixed (combined) data of an exploratory
type, consecutively in two parts: qualitative (through thematic
analysis with the foundation's data approach), quantitative (non It
was a post-event experiment. The studied community in the
qualitative section, including document mining including books,
conducted research; The articles from 2000 to 2021 in the field of
work quality through scientific databases; Google, Civilica, Irandoc,
Noormags, Academic Jihad and participants including professors
(men and women) of the university since 1400 were according to
the entry and exit criteria in the research. The studied population in
the quantitative section was all principals (male and female) of the
first and second period of high school in Tehran in 1400 according
to the criteria of entry and exit in the research. In the qualitative part,
non-probability sampling method of targeted type and snowball
sampling was used. Sample size in the quantitative part, according
to Cochran's formula, 300 people were selected as sample size and
cluster sampling method was used. In order to collect data, the
psychological well-being questionnaire of Rif (2010) was used with
a reliability coefficient of 0.89. To determine the validity of these
questionnaires, content validity was used using the opinions
collected, and reliability was calculated using Cronbach's alpha
method. The method of data analysis in the qualitative part was
theoretical coding and included three stages of open coding, central
coding and selective coding. Also, data analysis was done with
confirmatory factor analysis tests, sample t-test and structural
equations.
Findings: The results of the research showed that the dimensions of
managers' work life quality included individual factors (25 items),
group factors (19 items), organizational factors (26 items),
management factors (16 items), and educational factors (6 items). .
Conclusion: Also, the research results showed that the quality of
working life of school principals has a significant effect on their
psychological well-being.