Original Article © The Author(s) 2019; All rights reserved. Published by Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences Press. JOHE, Summer 2019; 8 (3) 163 Predicting the health performance of high school principals based on spirituality in the workplace, Tabriz, Iran (2018-2019) Samereh Moghaddam Hosseini 1 ,Zarrin Daneshvar 2* , Asadollah Khadivi 3 , Behnam Talebi 1 1- PhD Student, Department of Educational Administration, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz , Iran. 2- Assistant Prof., Department of Educational Administration, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University , Tabriz , Iran. 3- Assistant Prof., Educational Administration, Department of Educational Sciences, Farhangian University, Tehran, Iran. Abstract Article Info Background: Providing favorable services associated with students' behavior and health care is one of the most important tasks of school principals, and the health performance (HP) of schools is influenced by the organizational factors, such as spirituality in the workplace (SW).The purpose of this research is to predict the HP of school principals based on SW. Materials and Methods: In this descriptive study, all high school principals in Tabriz (N₌ 800) during 2018-2019 academic year were listed. Of these, 258 principals were selected through stratified random sampling in terms of location of schools. Data collection was performed using, the questionnaires of managers' HP and SW, as well as its components, including meaningful work (MW), sense of community (SOC), and the alignment of organizational values (AOV). Data were analyzed using path analysistest using PLS software. Results: The results of structural equation modeling revealed that the HP of school principals based on SW and its components was predictable. The predicted coefficient (adjusted R2)was 0.49. Furthermore, the results showed that the path coefficients of latent variables were significant (P <0.001). Conclusion: It is required to have a proper spiritual environment and pay attention to spirituality in the school workplace in order to improve the HP of school principals to provide good health services to students. Keywords: Health, Student Health, Work * Corresponding author: Zarrin Daneshvar, E-mail: zarrindaneshvar@gmail.com Article history Received: Jul, 2019 Accepted: Sep, 2019 Print ISSN: 2251-8096 Online ISSN: 2252-0902 Peer review under responsibility of Journal of Occupational Health and Epidemiology Introduction School administrators, as government representatives, play an important role in promoting the quality of education and educational justice [1]. From the government perspective, their performance plays a decisive role in ensuring the effectiveness of schools [2]. It is important, therefore, to enhance the school performance and ensure the quality of its services [3]; thus, school assessment is increasingly seen as potential leverage [4]. On the other hand, school performance stems from the activities and characteristics of principals [5], and managers need to have some unique features to enhance the school performance [6]. There is growing recognition that health and health care at school can significantly affect children health [7]. Knauer et al. stated: “Increased funding, school health service monitoring, service integration, and interagency collaboration are strategies that could improve the delivery of health services at schools” [8]. Schools offer the potential to reach children at an early age, just as they are developing important attitudes and behaviors that may influence their health in the future [9]. Schools Citation: Moghaddam Hosseini S, Daneshvar Z, KhadiviA, Talebi B. Predicting the health performance of high school principals based on spirituality in the workplace, Tabriz, Iran (2018-2019). JOHE 2019; 8(3):163-70. 10.29252/johe.8.3.163 Downloaded from johe.rums.ac.ir at 23:43 +0330 on Monday November 29th 2021 [ DOI: 10.29252/johe.8.3.163 ]