Comparison of research leadership indicators in the thesis guidance process in selected universities of Islamic Azad University

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shabnam pajohesh ¹ , fatmh parasth gombvani ² , Mozhgan Abdolahi, ³ , Amir Hossein Mohammad Davoudi ⁴

1 - PhD student in Educational Management, Faculty of Psychology, Karaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Karaj, Iran
2 - Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Psychology, Karaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Karaj, Iran
3 - Faculty member of the Department of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Psychology, Karaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Karaj, Iran
4 - entral Province, Islamic Azad University, Saveh Branch, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Associate Professor, Department of Educational Management

Received: 2022-11-13 Accepted : 2023-06-06 Published : 2023-02-20

Keywords: Leadership Style, Thesis, research leadership, research development,

Abstract :

This research was conducted with the aim of comparing research leadership indicators in the thesis guidance process in selected universities of Islamic Azad University. In fact, in the meta-analysis method, in the qualitative part of the statistical community, there were published articles on the topic under discussion, and first 160 articles were searched and categorized in this field. After the review, 50 domestic and foreign articles between 2011 and 2019 (2012 to 2020) were subjected to a content study using the phishing tool, then the components related to each of the dimensions were categorized. The statistical population of the quantitative part consists of 35 university faculty members, whose expertise criterion was the experience of guiding at least 10 academic theses, a questionnaire with 69 questions was prepared and provided to the experts through the Delphi technique. The reliability of the questionnaire was confirmed using Cronbach's alpha coefficient of 0.78% and the validity of the content under the supervision of the scientific committee. In the next step, the questionnaire designed for the statistical population of the Islamic Azad University with 5200 faculty members was sent based on Cochran's formula. There were 350 people. It was processed using Kendall's correlation coefficient test and SPSS software. The data was processed using ANOVA test. The findings showed that there is a significant difference in the comparison of research leadership between universities