The mediating effect of positive psychological capital on the effect of school organizational culture perceived by teachers on school organizational effectiveness and organizational justice

Objectives The purpose of this study is to verify the mediating effect of positive psychological capital in the process of school organizational culture perceived by teachers affecting school organizational effectiveness and school organizational justice in order to improve the competitiveness of school organizations. Methods For this purpose, a total of 502 teachers in elementary, middle, and high schools in Seoul and Gyeongin area were surveyed except for those who did not respond well, and statistical analysis was conducted using SPSS 25.0. After conducting descriptive statistical analysis on the demographic characteristics of the subjects, Baron & Kenny's three-step hierarchical regression analysis was conducted to examine the effects of school organizational culture on school organizational justice and school organizational effectiveness and to examine the mediating effects of positive psychological capital in these relationships.Sobel test was conducted to verify the significance of the mediating effect. Results First, it was found that school organizational culture has a significant positive correlation with school organizational effectiveness and organizational justice. Second, school organizational culture, school organizational effectiveness, school organizational justice, and positive psychological capital had a significant positive effect.Third, positive psychological capital was found to play a partial mediating role in the relationship between school organizational culture, school organizational effectiveness, and school organizational justice. Conclusions Therefore, in order to further grow the school organization, it is necessary to expand the training to understand the differences between the generations, to form mutually cooperative organizational culture, and to improve the positive psychological capital of teachers in order to improve school organizational effectiveness and organizational justice. In order to overcome the difficulties and difficulties of teachers due to heavy work and stress and to improve positive psychological capital for teaching profession, it was confirmed that it is especially important to raise self - efficacy.In the future, it is meaningful that it will have a positive effect on school organizational effectiveness and school organizational justice if a positive school organizational culture is created through systematic support, communication, and cooperation for teachers and a fair school organizational culture in which teachers can lead their own positive psychological capital with self-esteem.