This study attempted to explore and analyse the indifference management trend in the Educational system of Iran. This objective was achieved through a qualitative approach and grounded theory. The population included all educational management professionals and experts who had at least two years of management experience. Twenty-four individuals were selected through purposive sampling based on theoretical data saturation. In order to collect research data, semi-structured interviews were adopted. Moreover, the results were evaluated through systematic analysis method based on open, core and selective coding. The findings suggested that the causal conditions affecting indifference management entail eight dimensions: job motivation, employee development, organisational culture, organisational climate, attitude and manager's performance, employee attitude, work environment and nature of work. Organisational culture, organisational climate and workplace conditions were the underlying factors of indifference management, while behaviour and performance of managers were mediating or confounding conditions, playing a dramatic role in indifference management.KEY WORDS: indifference management, indifference in education system, indifference trend among employees JEL: I21, J28

<p class="apa">The purpose of the present study is to investigate indifference management structural model in education system of Ardabil Province. The research method was integration study using Alli modeling. Statistical society of research was 420 assistant professors of educational science, managers and deputies of Ardabil’ second period of high schools that 383 individuals were selected by simple random sampling. The data collection tool was researcher-made questionnaire. Face and content validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by experts and its Cronbach’s alpha coefficient was obtained as of 0/80. In order to investigate hypothesizes of research, obtained data were transferred to LISREL software to fit Alli model of structural equation and then were analyzed. The obtained findings of the statistical analysis showed that behavior and performance of manager indirectly has a meaningful impact on indifference management variable through employee’ empowerment variables, job satisfaction of employee, organization’s culture, organizational climate and employee’ perception of the organization. Goodness of fit index (GFI) 0/92 and root mean square of residuals latent variables model was RMSEA=0/045. Therefore, the model has a good fit and has a great ability to measure main variables of research.</p>

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