study the relationship between hardiness and hope with life satisfaction in managers

The purpose of the present research was to study the relationship between hardiness and hope and life satisfaction in organizational managers working in the education ministry of ahvaz, iran. the research method of this study was multiple correlation in nature in which hardiness and hope are considered as predictor variables and life satisfaction is the predictable variable. a sum of 164 organizational managers in ahvaz education ministry was selected through random cluster sampling. participants completed the personal view survey (pvs), the d inner’s life satisfaction scale (swls) and the trait hope scale (ths). the data were analyzed using pearson’s correlation coefficient and stepwise multiple regression. the results of this research showed that there was a significant positive relationship between hardy personality traits, including its subscales of commitment, control and challenge with hopefulness (including its subscales agency and pathways p<.001), furthermore, there was a significant positive relationship between psychological hardiness and its subscales with life satisfaction and hopefulness and its subscales with life satisfaction (p<.001),the results of regression analysis showed that hope agency, commitment, control and pathway orderly offered the most significant contribution in predicting life satisfaction.