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Additionally, the paper aims to investigate the influence of school location and gender of principals and teachers on the level of TQM. To achieve these aims, the researchers conducted a survey research to determine the level of TQM, and used independent sample t-test to determine the significance difference between the level of TQM based on the gender of principals and teachers. They also applied one-way ANOVA and Kruskal- Wallis H test to determine the significance difference on the level of TQM based on the location of schools. The findings of this study showed that, the level of TQM is high in Iranian schools. The researchers found that there is no significant difference between TQM?s level among male and female principals and teachers. It found that, there is no significant difference between the level of TQM based on the principals? schools location. But there is a significant difference between the TQM?s level according to teachers? schools location. The study revealed that the level of implementation of TQM as perceived by school principals and teachers according to gender and school location. This information is useful for the provincial education authorities in shaping future TQM implementation as well as for future researches. \end{abstract} \keywords{total quality management; location; gender; principal; teacher; iran.} \begin{textblock*}{18cm}(1cm,1cm) % {block width} (coords) \textcolor{GJBlue}{\LARGE Global Journals \LaTeX\ JournalKaleidoscope\texttrademark} \end{textblock*} \begin{textblock*}{18cm}(1.4cm,1.5cm) % {block width} (coords) \textcolor{GJBlue}{\footnotesize \\ Artificial Intelligence formulated this projection for compatibility purposes from the original article published at Global Journals. However, this technology is currently in beta. \emph{Therefore, kindly ignore odd layouts, missed formulae, text, tables, or figures.}} \end{textblock*} \let\tabcellsep& \section[{Introduction}]{Introduction}\par QM is a management philosophy, first developed by Edwards Deming after World War II to maintain, develop, and improve the quality of companies' products \hyperref[b0]{[1]}. In fact, TQM is a comprehensive management model. It is a set of practices that focus on continuous improvement, fulfilling the customers' needs, and reducing rework. It also emphasis on increasing involvement of employees and more teamwork, process redesign, competitive benchmarking, constant measurement of the outcomes, long-range thinking, team-based problem solving, and closer ties with the suppliers \hyperref[b2]{[2]}. TQM principles can be applied to every organization, such as buisinesses, service organizations, universities, and schools \hyperref[b3]{[3]}. As the world is presently going through dramatic changes and education is considered the dominant competitive change instrument, so TQM could be a reasonable approach for developing education. The question is what can TQM contribute to education? The literature review of TQM in education shows that many researchers such as Comer and Gates \hyperref[b4]{[4]}, Burke \hyperref[b5]{[5]}, and Pal and Dhodiya \hyperref[b6]{[6]} confirmed that the use of TQM in education has been encouraged. Sallis \hyperref[b7]{[7]} found that if an education organization employed TQM, mistakes will be diminished with various systems and procedures, and good group work will be practiced through careful and attentive scheduling.\par In education, some factors such as the budget reduction, the low level of the graduates' knowledge and skills have led to the need for society and governments to embark on extensive reconstruction or improvement of the education systems \hyperref[b8]{[8]}. The Iranian education system is not an exception to these changes. Education experts have always been looking for techniques or strategies to improve the quality of education and keep up with the world standards \hyperref[b9]{[9]}. They have been trying to increase the quality of education with improving students' knowledge, continual school improvement efforts, and school benchmarking. In this way TQM came to the Iranian education system \hyperref[b10]{[10]}. Education system of Iran has applied some of TQM principles, including attention to new teaching skills (problem solving and brainstorming), pre-service training for teachers, emphasizing in-service training of the teachers and principals, using class size with the world standards, conducting correct evaluation methods, applying team and group work in classes, improving teachers' knowledge and motivation, and organizing parental associations \hyperref[b10]{[10]}. {\ref Manochehrizadeh [11]} in her research showed that there are four principles of TQM implemented in Iranian schools which are included continuous improvement, team work, continuous training, and customer satisfaction. She claimed that in schools where TQM was implemented, it resulted in students' satisfaction. Kamali \hyperref[b10]{[10]} believed that while some or all of the above principles have been applied in different educational areas in Iran, the effect of the implementation has not been clarified.\par Even though the education system in Iran is centralized, which means all of the administration, resources and direction is determined by the Ministry of Education (MOE). It is obvious that all provinces and cities did not get same resources and facilities, for example deprived areas still receive less resources and facilities compared to developed or developing There are many initiatives to improve the education system \hyperref[b9]{[9]} which include the implementation of TQM in secondary schools, but in Lorestan province (research population), TQM has not resulted in improvements to as high a level as expected \hyperref[b11]{[12]}. Therefore this study tries to determine the level of TQM implementation in schools in Lorestan province and investigate the significant difference between the level of TQM according to school location and gender of participants. Based on the purpose of this study, four hypotheses have been addressed as follows:\par Hypothesis one: there is no significant difference in the level of TQM based on a principal's school location.\par Hypothesis two: there is no significant difference in the level of TQM based on a teacher's school location.\par Hypothesis three: there is no significant difference in the level of TQM based on a principal's gender.\par Hypothesis four: there is no significant difference between the level of TQM and a teacher's gender. \section[{II.}]{II.} \section[{Methodologhy}]{Methodologhy}\par Based on studies by Shyi-Huey \hyperref[b12]{[13]} and Rampa \hyperref[b13]{[14]}, location is one of the demographic variables that has effected on TQM. This study was carried out in Lorestan province, one of the most deprived areas, in Iran. The Lorestan province has 10 cities located in two parts (east and west), and each part has five cities (total 10 cities). Some of the cities in this province are developing cities, and some of them are deprived. To determine the effect of location on the level of TQM, the researchers selected one developing and one deprived city in west part (namely: Khoramabad and Kohdasht) and one developing and one deprived city in east (namely: Borojerd and Azna) by simple random sampling, thus four cities in all.\par The populations of this study were 1560 educators (teachers + principals) from 206 secondary schools. By using Cochran (1977) formula, the sample size was 320 educators.\par To select 320 educators, at least 8 educators (1560÷206) had to be contacted from each secondary school. Therefore, a total of 40 secondary schools (320÷8) were selected from the four cities. Since each school has one principal; therefore the sample size included 40 principals and 280 teachers. Based on this calculation, simple random sampling used to select teachers in each school. For this purpose, a list of teachers in each selected school was obtained and 7 teachers were randomly selected.\par The instrument used in the study was the 4 point Likert's scale questionnaire which was prepared by Rampa \hyperref[b13]{[14]}. He granted permission to the researchers in this study to use his instrument. This questionnaire has two parts. The first part is biography data. The second part is about the implementation of TQM principles. The Cronbach's alpha value was 0.86 and this showed that the questionnaire has a quite satisfactory reliability \hyperref[b14]{[15]}. \section[{III.}]{III.} \section[{Results and Discussion}]{Results and Discussion} \section[{a) Demographic findings}]{a) Demographic findings}\par As it shown in Table {\ref I}, the responding sample consists of 280 (87.5 percent) teachers and 40 (12.5\%) principals. Table \hyperref[tab_2]{2} shows that for principals and teachers, 52.5\% of respondents are females and 47.5\% are male. The Influence of Location and Gender on the Level of Total Quality Management Table \hyperref[tab_3]{3} presents the information on principals' gender. Out of 40 respondents, 21 (52.5\%) were female principals and 19 (47.5\%) were male principals. The distribution of principals' gender according to city were: 10 (25\%) female and 10 (25\%) male principals from Khoramabad, 3 (7.5\%) female and 2 (5\%) male principals from Kohdasht, 6 (15\%) female and 6 (15\%) male principals from Borojerd, and 2 (5\%) female and 1 (2.5\%) male principals from Azna.\par Table \hyperref[tab_4]{4} presents the information on teachers' male teachers from Borojerd, and 14 (5\%) female and 7 (2.5\%) male teachers from Azna. Overall, the result in Table \hyperref[tab_5]{5} shows that, based on principals' perception, the level of TQM principles application is high in their schools. There is a similarity between the finding of this study and that described by Thummatassananon \hyperref[b15]{[16]} who reported that the level of TQM was high in Sakon Nakhon (Thailand) based on administrators' opinions. In Iran, Jahanian \hyperref[b16]{[17]} reported that the level of TQM, based on principals' views, was high in Tehran school. Likewise, the level of TQM was also reported high Kohkiloyeh and Boyer Ahmad province by Bagheri \hyperref[b17]{[18]}. However, in the city of Marvdasht, in Iran Salehi, Gheltash, and Ebrahimi \hyperref[b18]{[19]}, found that the level of TQM was medium.\par the Level of TQM, based on teachers' perceptions, is high (mean=3.08; SD=.72). The highest level of TQM was Borojerd (mean=3.13; SD=.71). The second city with a high score of TQM was Khoramabad (mean=3.12; SD=.67). The third city with a high score of TQM level was Azna (mean=3.11; SD=.71), but the level of TQM in Kohdasht was medium (mean=2.97; SD=.83). Overall, the result in Table \hyperref[tab_7]{6} shows that the level of TQM is high in Lorestan province. The finding is consistent with a recent study by Thummatassananon \hyperref[b15]{[16]} in Sakon Nakhon (Thailand), who reported high level of TQM according to teachers' opinions. The pervious study by Toremen, Karakus, and Yasan \hyperref[b20]{[20]} in Malatya, (Turkey), also supported the current findings. In the study by Ibrahim \hyperref[b21]{[21]} reported high level of TQM among teachers in Malaysia (Kedah).\par On the contrary, the level of TQM in Iran as reported by teaches in Tehran (the Capital of Iran) was medium \hyperref[b16]{[17]}. Similarly the level of TQM in Marvdasht city, Iran as studied by Salehi, Gheltash, and Ebrahimi \hyperref[b18]{[19]} was reported at medium level. \section[{c) Hypotheses Testing}]{c) Hypotheses Testing}\par Ho 1 : There is no significant difference in the level of \section[{TQM based on principals' schools location}]{TQM based on principals' schools location}\par To test this hypothesis, the researchers applied Kruskal-Wallis H test, because of the homogeneity of variance assumption which was not met (Sig. p=.002). This data means that principals of different location have rated the TQM level similarly. This also means that the principal's school location does not influence their opinion on the level of TQM.\par The results of this study do not agree with the findings of Shyi-Huey \hyperref[b12]{[13]}, who reported that there was a significant difference between the level of TQM and principals' location. As can be seen from Table \hyperref[tab_3]{3} and Table \hyperref[tab_4]{4}, the Table \hyperref[tab_7]{6} shows that the overall mean score of Table \hyperref[tab_8]{7} shows that there is no significant To test this hypothesis, the researchers applied one-way ANOVA analysis. level of TQM is significantly higher in the city of 1. There is no significant difference in the level of TQM based on a principal's school location. 2. There is a significant difference in the level of TQM based on a teacher's school location.\par It can be concluded that a principal's location had no significant effect on level of TQM, but location had significant effect on TQM level based on teachers' opinions.\par Ho 3 : There is no significant difference in the level of TQM based on a principal's gender According Test of homogeneity of variances, the significant value for Levene test for principals is 0.002<0.05, thus based on this score, the homogeneity of variance assumption was not met. Therefore, instead of independent sample t-test, Mann-Whitny test was conducted to investigate the significant difference in the level of TQM based on principals' gender. On the other hand, independent sample t-test was conducted to investigate the significant difference in the level of TQM based on a teacher's gender. .138 a significant difference in TQM's level based on principal's gender (Sig. p =0.128>0.05). It can be concluded that a principal's gender had no significant effect on the level of TQM. The findings of this study are supported by Shyi-Huey \hyperref[b12]{[13]}, who reported that there was no significant difference in all TQM factors based on an administrator's gender. In the same vein, Aksu \hyperref[b22]{[22]} found that there was no significant difference in level of TQM based on an administrator's gender. Ho 4 : There is no significant difference in the level of TQM based on a teacher's gender\par To test this hypothesis, the researchers applied an independent sample t-test to compare the level of TQM between female and male teachers. The Influence of Location and Gender on the Level of Total Quality Management Table \hyperref[tab_9]{8} illustrates that there is a significant\par As shown in Table \hyperref[tab_10]{9} a teacher's view that the\par The result from Table \hyperref[tab_11]{10} shows that there is no\par The result from Table \hyperref[tab_12]{11} has shown that there is Khoramabad that compare to Kohdasht (Sig. P 009).\par The results of this analysis can be summarized as follows:\par The findings of this study are consistent with the Toremen, Karakus, and Yasan \hyperref[b20]{[20]} study. They concluded that there was no significant difference in the level of TQM between male and female teachers. Thakkar, Deshmukh, and Shastree \hyperref[b23]{[23]} reported that there was no significant difference between male and female teachers in the level of perception of TQM level in education.\par On the contrary, other studies have indicated that there was a significant difference in the level of TQM in secondary school teachers based a teacher's gender in Mysore (India) \hyperref[b24]{[24]}. The mean score of female teachers were higher than the male teachers. They also believe that female teachers are more honest and dedicated to their work. \section[{IV. Discussion and Recommendations}]{IV. Discussion and Recommendations}\par The findings of this study show that a principal's school location had no significant effect on level of TQM, but location is one of the demographic variables which have effect on level of TQM based on teacher perceptions. As mentioned earlier, teachers in Khoramabad rated the level of TQM in their school (Mean=3.12) significantly higher compared to Kohdasht teachers (Mean=2.97). As Khoramabad is both the capital and the largest city of the Lorestan province, so the schools located in this city have more facilities and resources than schools in other cities in the province. While Kohdasht is one of the deprived cities in the Lorestan province; therefore, their schools have fewer resources and facilities compared to schools in Khoramabad. For this reason, the level of TQM in Khoramabad is higher and significantly different from that in Kohdasht. The result of this study has revealed that gender does not have any influential effect on the level of TQM implementation for principals and teachers. The outcomes of the present study made information available to the Ministry of Education in Iran, education administrators, policy makers, principals, and teachers to develop the level of TQM, with emphasis on students' satisfaction. In the case of Iran, it is recommended that the Ministry of Education be the driving force to establish a TQM department within the ministry headquarters. This department could study the current situation and develop a policy that ensures quality in schools and initiate new approaches as appropriate to tackle the situation. They can organize workshops and seminars on a regular basis, both centrally and regionally, to help educators develop their skills and knowledge about TQM. School principals and teachers should try to strengthen and stay at a high level for TQM. They should adapt themselves with new skills and make changes.\par V. \section[{Conclusion}]{Conclusion}\par TQM was originally designed for industry. However, many researchers and educators believe that TQM can be applied to education systems and schools \hyperref[b25]{[25]}\hyperref[b26]{[26]}\hyperref[b27]{[27]}. The principles of TQM could be applied as a tool for boosting the student's moral, raising productivity, saving time, empowering people at all levels, and providing higher quality services to customers \hyperref[b27]{[27]}. This research paper tries to determine the significant difference in the level of TQM based on location and gender among principals and teachers in the province of Lorestan, Iran. As the general findings, the level of TQM was high based on principals and teachers opinion.\par Based on results, there is no significant difference in TQM's level based on a principal's and a teacher's gender. Additionally, there is no significant difference in the level of TQM based on a principal's location. But there is a significant difference in the level of TQM based on a teacher's location. Teachers in the deprived city of Kohdasht rated the level of TQM as significantly lower the teacher in the more affluent city of Khoramabad. It can be concluded that a principal's and a teacher's gender, and also principal's location had no significant effect on level of TQM. The finding of this study also confirmed that the idea suggesting that the level of TQM is difference between male and female principals and teachers is not true.\begin{figure}[htbp] \noindent\textbf{2}\includegraphics[]{image-2.png} \caption{\label{fig_0}Ho 2 :}\end{figure} \begin{figure}[htbp] \noindent\textbf{1} \par \begin{longtable}{P{0.3695652173913043\textwidth}P{0.34492753623188405\textwidth}P{0.13550724637681158\textwidth}} Position\tabcellsep \multicolumn{2}{l}{Frequency Percentage}\\ Principal\tabcellsep 40\tabcellsep 12.5\\ Teachers\tabcellsep 280\tabcellsep 87.5\\ Total\tabcellsep 320\tabcellsep 100\end{longtable} \par \caption{\label{tab_1}Table 1 :}\end{figure} \begin{figure}[htbp] \noindent\textbf{2} \par \begin{longtable}{P{0.1722972972972973\textwidth}P{0.1837837837837838\textwidth}P{0.14932432432432433\textwidth}P{0.19527027027027027\textwidth}P{0.14932432432432433\textwidth}} \tabcellsep \multicolumn{2}{l}{Principal}\tabcellsep \multicolumn{2}{l}{Teacher}\\ \tabcellsep N\tabcellsep \%\tabcellsep N\tabcellsep \%\\ Female\tabcellsep 21\tabcellsep 52.5\tabcellsep 147\tabcellsep 52.5\\ Male\tabcellsep 19\tabcellsep 47.5\tabcellsep 133\tabcellsep 47.5\\ Total\tabcellsep 40\tabcellsep 100\tabcellsep 280\tabcellsep 100\end{longtable} \par \caption{\label{tab_2}Table 2 :}\end{figure} \begin{figure}[htbp] \noindent\textbf{3} \par \begin{longtable}{P{0.657437070938215\textwidth}P{0.02917620137299771\textwidth}P{0.0505720823798627\textwidth}P{0.02528604118993135\textwidth}P{0.02723112128146453\textwidth}P{0.02917620137299771\textwidth}P{0.03112128146453089\textwidth}} \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \multicolumn{2}{l}{and location}\tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \\ City\tabcellsep \multicolumn{2}{l}{Female}\tabcellsep \multicolumn{2}{l}{Male}\tabcellsep \multicolumn{2}{l}{Total}\\ \tabcellsep No\tabcellsep \%\tabcellsep No\tabcellsep \%\tabcellsep No\tabcellsep \%\\ Khoramabad\tabcellsep 10\tabcellsep 25\tabcellsep 10\tabcellsep 25\tabcellsep 20\tabcellsep 50\\ Kohdasht\tabcellsep 3\tabcellsep 7.5\tabcellsep 2\tabcellsep 5\tabcellsep 5\tabcellsep 12.5\\ Borojerd\tabcellsep 6\tabcellsep 15\tabcellsep 6\tabcellsep 15\tabcellsep 12\tabcellsep 30\\ Azna\tabcellsep 2\tabcellsep 5\tabcellsep 1\tabcellsep 2.5\tabcellsep 3\tabcellsep 7.5\\ Total\tabcellsep 21\tabcellsep 52.5\tabcellsep 19\tabcellsep 47.5\tabcellsep 40\tabcellsep 100\\ \multicolumn{7}{l}{gender. Out of 280 respondents, 147 (52.5\%) were}\\ \multicolumn{7}{l}{female teaches and 133 (47.5\%) were male teachers.}\\ \multicolumn{7}{l}{The distribution of teachers gender by city were: 70}\\ \multicolumn{7}{l}{(25\%) female and 70 (25\%) male teachers from}\\ \multicolumn{7}{l}{Khoramabad, 21 (7.5\%) female and 14 (5\%) male}\\ \multicolumn{7}{l}{teachers from Kohdasht, 42 (15\%) female and 42 (15\%)}\end{longtable} \par {\small\itshape [Note: -© 2014 Global Journals Inc. (US)]} \caption{\label{tab_3}Table 3 :}\end{figure} \begin{figure}[htbp] \noindent\textbf{4} \par \begin{longtable}{P{0.4861867704280155\textwidth}P{0.08599221789883268\textwidth}P{0.07276264591439689\textwidth}P{0.04299610894941634\textwidth}P{0.046303501945525294\textwidth}P{0.06284046692607004\textwidth}P{0.05291828793774319\textwidth}} \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \multicolumn{2}{l}{and location}\tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \\ City\tabcellsep \multicolumn{2}{l}{Female}\tabcellsep \multicolumn{2}{l}{Male}\tabcellsep \multicolumn{2}{l}{Total}\\ \tabcellsep No\tabcellsep \%\tabcellsep No\tabcellsep \%\tabcellsep No\tabcellsep \%\\ \multicolumn{2}{l}{Khoramabad 70}\tabcellsep 25\tabcellsep 70\tabcellsep 25\tabcellsep 140\tabcellsep 50\\ Kohdasht\tabcellsep 21\tabcellsep 7.5\tabcellsep 14\tabcellsep 5\tabcellsep 35\tabcellsep 12.\\ \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep 5\\ Borojerd\tabcellsep 42\tabcellsep 15\tabcellsep 42\tabcellsep 15\tabcellsep 84\tabcellsep 30\\ Azna\tabcellsep 14\tabcellsep 5\tabcellsep 7\tabcellsep 2.5\tabcellsep 21\tabcellsep 7.5\\ Total\tabcellsep \multicolumn{3}{l}{147 52.5 133}\tabcellsep 47.5\tabcellsep 280\tabcellsep 100\\ \multicolumn{7}{l}{percentage of distribution of principals and teachers by}\\ \multicolumn{4}{l}{gender and location, are the same.}\tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \\ \multicolumn{2}{l}{b) Level of TQM}\tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \end{longtable} \par \caption{\label{tab_4}Table 4 :}\end{figure} \begin{figure}[htbp] \noindent\textbf{5} \par \begin{longtable}{} \end{longtable} \par \caption{\label{tab_5}Table 5}\end{figure} \begin{figure}[htbp] \noindent\textbf{5} \par \begin{longtable}{P{0.476328502415459\textwidth}P{0.14782608695652172\textwidth}P{0.07391304347826086\textwidth}P{0.11908212560386475\textwidth}P{0.032850241545893714\textwidth}} \tabcellsep \multicolumn{2}{l}{level of TQM}\tabcellsep \tabcellsep \\ Principal\tabcellsep Mean\tabcellsep SD\tabcellsep Level\tabcellsep Rank\\ Khoramabad\tabcellsep 3.30\tabcellsep .57\tabcellsep High\tabcellsep 1\\ Kohdasht\tabcellsep 2.98\tabcellsep 1.12\tabcellsep Medium\tabcellsep 3\\ Borojerd\tabcellsep 3.26\tabcellsep .60\tabcellsep High\tabcellsep 2\\ Azna\tabcellsep 2.94\tabcellsep .33\tabcellsep Medium\tabcellsep 4\\ Overall\tabcellsep 3.12\tabcellsep .65\tabcellsep High\tabcellsep \\ \multicolumn{5}{l}{Note: Low (1.00< M ?2.00), Medium (2.01 0.05).}\end{longtable} \par \caption{\label{tab_8}Table 7 :}\end{figure} \begin{figure}[htbp] \noindent\textbf{8} \par \begin{longtable}{P{0.7154440154440154\textwidth}P{0.029536679536679537\textwidth}P{0.059073359073359075\textwidth}P{0.032818532818532815\textwidth}P{0.013127413127413128\textwidth}} \multicolumn{5}{l}{mean score of TQM level between different cities}\\ \multicolumn{3}{l}{(teachers' opinion)}\tabcellsep \\ \tabcellsep df\tabcellsep Mean\tabcellsep F\tabcellsep Sig.\\ \tabcellsep \tabcellsep Square\tabcellsep \\ Teachers Between\tabcellsep 3\tabcellsep 0.55\tabcellsep \multicolumn{2}{l}{2.77 0.04}\\ Groups\tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \\ Within\tabcellsep 276\tabcellsep 0.20\tabcellsep \\ Groups\tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \\ Total\tabcellsep 279\tabcellsep \tabcellsep \\ \multicolumn{5}{l}{difference in the mean score of TQM level in different}\\ \multicolumn{5}{l}{cities based on teachers' opinions (F =2.77, Sig. p}\\ =0.04).\tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \end{longtable} \par \caption{\label{tab_9}Table 8 :}\end{figure} \begin{figure}[htbp] \noindent\textbf{9} \par \begin{longtable}{P{0.2709375\textwidth}P{0.23906249999999998\textwidth}P{0.201875\textwidth}P{0.138125\textwidth}} (I) City\tabcellsep (J) City\tabcellsep Mean\tabcellsep Sig.\\ \tabcellsep \tabcellsep Differenc\tabcellsep \\ \tabcellsep \tabcellsep e (I-J)\tabcellsep \\ \multicolumn{2}{l}{Khoramabad Kohdasht}\tabcellsep .223*\tabcellsep .009\\ \tabcellsep Borojerd\tabcellsep .094\tabcellsep .130\\ \tabcellsep Azna\tabcellsep .144\tabcellsep .169\\ Kohdasht\tabcellsep Khoramaba\tabcellsep -.223*\tabcellsep .009\\ \tabcellsep d\tabcellsep \tabcellsep \\ \tabcellsep Borojerd\tabcellsep -.129\tabcellsep .153\\ \tabcellsep Azna\tabcellsep -.078\tabcellsep .526\\ Borojerd\tabcellsep Khoramaba\tabcellsep -.094\tabcellsep .130\\ \tabcellsep d\tabcellsep \tabcellsep \\ \tabcellsep Kohdasht\tabcellsep .129\tabcellsep .153\\ \tabcellsep Azna\tabcellsep .050\tabcellsep .644\\ Azna\tabcellsep Khoramaba\tabcellsep -.144\tabcellsep .169\\ \tabcellsep d\tabcellsep \tabcellsep \\ \tabcellsep Kohdasht\tabcellsep .078\tabcellsep .526\\ \tabcellsep Borojerd\tabcellsep -.050\tabcellsep .644\\ \multicolumn{4}{l}{*. The mean difference is significant at the 0.05}\\ level.\tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \end{longtable} \par \caption{\label{tab_10}Table 9 :}\end{figure} \begin{figure}[htbp] \noindent\textbf{10} \par \begin{longtable}{P{0.6618852459016393\textwidth}P{0.18811475409836065\textwidth}} principals' gender\tabcellsep \\ \tabcellsep TQM\\ Mann-Whitney U\tabcellsep 144.500\\ Wilcoxon W\tabcellsep 375.500\\ Z\tabcellsep -1.523\\ Asvmp. Sig. (2-tailed)\tabcellsep .128\\ Exact Sig. [2*(1-tailed Sig.)]\tabcellsep \end{longtable} \par \caption{\label{tab_11}Table 10 :}\end{figure} \begin{figure}[htbp] \noindent\textbf{11} \par \begin{longtable}{P{0.6247267759562841\textwidth}P{0.020901639344262295\textwidth}P{0.10450819672131147\textwidth}P{0.048770491803278686\textwidth}P{0.051092896174863386\textwidth}} \multicolumn{5}{l}{: t-test for TQM level based on teachers'}\\ \tabcellsep \tabcellsep gender\tabcellsep \tabcellsep \\ \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \multicolumn{3}{l}{t-test for Equality of Means}\\ \tabcellsep t\tabcellsep df\tabcellsep Sig. (2-\tabcellsep Mean\\ \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep tailed)\tabcellsep Difference\\ Equal\tabcellsep -.97\tabcellsep 278\tabcellsep .33\tabcellsep -.05\\ variances\tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \\ assumed\tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \\ Equal\tabcellsep -.97\tabcellsep 277.38\tabcellsep .32\tabcellsep -.05\\ variances not\tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \\ assumed\tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \\ \multicolumn{5}{l}{no significant difference in TQM's level based on}\\ \multicolumn{5}{l}{teacher's gender (t (278) = -0.97, p=0.33>0.05). 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