Presenting the Model of Organizational Morale in Iran's Government Organizations (Study of the Ministry of Industry, Mines and Trade)
Subject Areas : Management of Organizational BehaviorSeyede Fateme Ghane Koshalshahi 1 , Hamidreza Rezaee Kelidbaree 2 , Davood Kiakojooree 3 , Behzad Farokhseresht 4
1 - Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Management, Chalous Branch, Islamic Azad University, Chalous, Iran.
2 - Assistant Prof., Department of Management, Rasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Rasht, Iran.
3 - Associate Prof., Department of Management, Chalous Branch, Islamic Azad University, Chalous, Iran.
4 - Assistant Prof., Department of Management, Chalous Branch, Islamic Azad University, Chalous, Iran.
Keywords: Government organizations, Organizational trauma, affected organizations,
Abstract :
One of the important phenomena that threatens organizations today is emotional and psychological traumas that are created in organizations and lead to destructive consequences. The purpose of this research is to provide a model of morale in Iran's government organizations. The current research is developmental-applicative in terms of its purpose, and in terms of the method of doing the work, it is mixed of the exploratory type. The statistical population of the research in the qualitative stage included university experts in the field of public administration and the statistical population of the quantitative stage included all the employees of the Ministry of Industry, Mines and Trade. The statistical sample was selected in the qualitative section with a targeted approach of 10 people and in the quantitative section, 338 people were selected by the cluster sampling method. The data collection tool in the first stage includes a semi-structured interview and two Delphi stages and in the second stage there is a 55-question questionnaire whose validity and reliability of the questionnaire has been confirmed. Qualitative data analysis was done using foundation data method and MAXQDA software, and quantitative part data was done using structural equation method in SMART-PLS 3 software. The results showed that in the qualitative part, there are 27 organizing themes and three comprehensive themes of the factors that cause morale in government organizations, 20 organizing themes and 4 inclusive themes of the consequences of morale attacks, and 8 indicators of the organizing theme and 2 inclusive themes of the characteristics of organizations. Damaged has been identified. Also, in the quantitative part, the research model has been confirmed based on the result of the second-order factor analysis.
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_||_Ahmadi, F., Farhi, A., Miandari, K., & Shirazi, I. (2014). Designing and explaining the organizational dimensions of the organizational model that protects employees from psychological trauma. Imam Hossein University Human Resource Management Research, 7(2), 209-236. https://civilica.com/doc/909151 [In Persian]
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