Study on the organizational effectiveness mechanism of integrating scientists’ spirit into the value-led education in colleges and universities

From the perspective of organizational effectiveness, this paper explores how scientists' spirit can be transformed into students' global competence through the value-led education system in universities. Based on mixed-method data from 12 universities in East China, Central China, and Southwest China (1,288 student questionnaires, 328 teacher questionnaires, 69 administrator questionnaires, and 108 interviews), this study constructs and tests a mediating model of "value guidance - organizational empowerment - goal achievement". Results from structural equation modeling show that scientists' spirit has a significant positive effect on organizational effectiveness (β = 0.32, p < 0.01), and organizational effectiveness has an even stronger effect on students' global competence (β =0.38, p < 0.01); the mediating effect of organizational effectiveness accounts for 46.05% of the total effect (95% CI [0.182, 0.305]). Multi-group comparison reveals that the path coefficient of developmental adaptability in "Double First-Class" universities is significantly higher than that in general undergraduate universities (Δχ² = 5.03, p < 0.05), while general undergraduate universities are more dependent on goal achievement (Δχ² = 4.51, p < 0.05). A pre-test and post-test experiment further indicates that systematic education on scientists' spirit can significantly enhance students' willingness to serve national strategies (Cohen’s d=0.32). This research provides reproducible quantitative evidence for the implementation of macro strategies in the microscopic field of universities, and also offers policy implications for classified governance, resource coordination, and the construction of digital education platforms.