Identifying and analyzing the dimensions and components of women's empowerment of the academic faculty of Islamic Azad University

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Saeedeh Koohi ¹ , Kanran Mohammadkhani ² , Nadergholi Ghorchian ³ , امیرحسین محمد داوودی ⁴

1 - Doctoral student of higher education management of Science and Research University
2 - Professor, Department of Higher Education Administration, Faculty of Management and Economics, Science & Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
3 - Professor, Department of Educational Management, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran (Corresponding Author)
4 - دانشیار گروه مدیریت اموزشی، دانشکده علوم انسانی، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد ساوه ،ساوه،ایران

Received: 2023-03-18 Accepted : 2024-07-21

Keywords: empowerment, women&#039, s empowerment, faculty members, Islamic Azad University,

Abstract :

The main purpose of this article is to identify and analyze the dimensions and components of women's empowerment in Islamic Azad University. The research method is mixed (qualitative-quantitative). To conduct this research, in addition to document study, thematic analysis technique with MAXQDA12 software was used. The statistical population was all the faculty members of the Islamic Azad Universities in Tehran, after conducting 20 theoretical saturation interviews, and in the quantitative part, the statistical population was all the female faculty members of the Islamic Azad Universities in Tehran. The number of samples was 327 who were selected by stratified sampling from 6 academic fields. In the quantitative part, structural equations were used to fit the sample. The results showed that 6 dimensions, 21 components and 73 indicators were designed for the empowerment of women faculty members, and finally, in the structural equation model, it was determined that the dimension of positive leadership with a coefficient of 0.960 has the highest impact and the dimension of organizational culture has the lowest impact with a coefficient of 0.721.