Examining the Relationship between Teachers’ Effectiveness and Productivity among Iranian EFL Teachers: Towards an Interdisciplinary Research Agenda in Education

Abstract

The present study investigated the association relationship between teachers’ effectiveness and productivity among Iranian EFL teachers. On this premise, eighty high school English teachers from 34 public high schools in Mashhad were selected out of 100 English teachers through convenience sampling. Data were collected via two instruments, the Teachers’ Effectiveness Questionnaire (Kumtar & Mutha, 1974), and Teachers’ Productivity Questionnaire (Hersey & Goldsmith, 1980). The data accumulated through these questionnaires was scrutinized by the SPSS software (Version 22). Correlation tests' results uncovered a critical connection between EFL teachers’ effectiveness and productivity. Moreover, linear regression modeling indicated that teachers’ effectiveness was a significant predictor of their productivity. The findings of this investigation may have suggestions for the stakeholders, policymakers, administrators, and teachers to address the significance of the issues in regards to the two primary variables of this study. All in all, focusing on teachers’ effectiveness and productivity in the Iranian EFL context paves the way to predict the interdisciplinary models.