Designing and realizing the model of organizational intimacy in remote working conditions: a mixed approach

seyed ali ghoreyshian ¹ ( Ph.D. Student, Department of Public Administration, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran. )
Mohammad Ali Sarlak ² ( Professor, Department of Public Administration, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran. )
davoud gholamrezaei ³ ( Assistant Professor, Department of Management, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran. )
Ashraf Rahimian ⁴ ( Assistant Professor, Department of Management, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran. )

Submited date : 2023-12-11 Accepted date : 2024-04-20

Keywords: Organizational intimacy, remote work, validation, content analysis, mixed approach,

Abstract :

The current research was conducted with the aim of designing an intimate organizational model in remote working conditions.The direction of the research is developmental and its methodology is a sequential-exploratory two-stage type with a mixed approach. The research approach in the qualitative part was content analysis and the unit of analysis was word and theme. The statistical population consisted of university experts who used the chain sampling method in the 15th interview to achieve theoretical saturation. In the quantitative part, the research method was descriptive-survey and the statistical population included all the employees of Payam Noor University in Tehran province, using simple random sampling approach and through Cochran's formula, 316 people were selected as a statistical sample. Based on the combination of Sandelowski-Barros (2007) and Brown-Clark (2006) model in qualitative research, 3 dimensions and 41 components were identified as factors to promote organizational intimacy. By reviewing and confirming the participating members in the validation process using theoretical validity with the approach of receiving experts' opinions and estimating Cohen's kappa coefficient of 0.91, the findings of the research were sufficient. The explained model was validated by the expert test and by the ratio method and content validity index. Also, the results of quantitative data confirmed the existence of the relationship between behavioral, structural and environmental variables with the promotion of intimacy in telework conditions. The findings of this research showed that behavioral, structural and environmental capabilities in the organization are effective in promoting organizational intimacy in telework conditions.

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