Identifying and evaluating the factors affecting virtuous leadership (Case study: Islamic Azad University of Tehran)

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Jamileh khaton Cheraghi ¹ , Mehdi Shariatmadari ² , Fatemeh Hamidifar ³ , Behzad Shoghi ⁴

1 - PhD Student, Department of Higher Education Management, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
2 - Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Management, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
3 - Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Management, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
4 - PhD in Educational Management, Department of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

Received: 2021-05-10 Accepted : 2021-09-27 Published : 2022-06-22

Keywords: Organizational Commitment, Organizational Climate, virtuous leadership, managerial strategies,

Abstract :

The present study has identified and evaluated the factors affecting virtuous leadership in the units of Islamic Azad University of Tehran. Research method in terms of purpose, basic-applied in terms of data type, mixed (qualitative-quantitative); According to the research method, it is a survey. The statistical population of the qualitative part of the study consisted of experts, experts and knowledgeable about the virtuous leadership in Islamic Azad University of Tehran Branches. Purposeful non-random sampling was used to determine the samples of this study and to determine this group of experts. The second group of the study population consisted of 2522 faculty members of all units of Azad University in Tehran province. 350 people were selected according to Krejcie and Morgan table (1970) and initially by stratified sampling. Semi-structured interview tools and a researcher-made questionnaire were used for data collection. validity and reliability of the instruments were measured and verified. The method of data analysis in the qualitative part of theoretical coding was based on the data theoretic method. In the inferential and quantitative part to answer research questions, one-sample t-test and exploratory factor analysis were also used. The results of the present study showed that organizational commitment, organizational climate, and management strategies were identified as influential components of virtuous leadership. The status of the identified components in this study was evaluated favorably.