The purpose of this study was to develop a conceptual model of organizational happiness for faculty members of Islamic Azad University in Tehran Branches with the exploratory mixed approach in both qualitatively and quantitatively. In the qualitative part, grounded data
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The purpose of this study was to develop a conceptual model of organizational happiness for faculty members of Islamic Azad University in Tehran Branches with the exploratory mixed approach in both qualitatively and quantitatively. In the qualitative part, grounded data theory and in-depth interview were used as the main data collection tools and theoretical sampling strategy as the purposeful sampling method.The results of coding (open, axial, and selective) were 19 general categories and 116 concepts. The category of "Occupational attitude" was chosen as the central category. The results were placed in a paradigmatic model including organizational happiness model deployment strategies, environmental conditions Intervener, contextual characteristics, Causal conditions, main phenomena, and outcomes. In the quantitative phase, a questionnaire was developed based on the qualitative phase findings. After evaluating the content, Construct, Convergent and Divergent validity and reliability of the instrument, the questionnaire was distributed among 380 faculty members of Tehran Azad University. Structural equation modeling was used to investigate the research model that the results showed the validity of the model extracted from the qualitative part of the research based on real data.
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