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Shahram Pourmohammad; mohammadreza Jaber Ansari; Yousef Mohammadi moghadam; Mohammad Hakkak; Adel Salvati
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Abstract The present research has been done with the aim of designing an organizational whistle-blowing model in government organizations. This research is applied in terms of purpose, survey-developmental in terms of approach, and qualitative in terms of type. The statistical population of this research ...
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Abstract The present research has been done with the aim of designing an organizational whistle-blowing model in government organizations. This research is applied in terms of purpose, survey-developmental in terms of approach, and qualitative in terms of type. The statistical population of this research was a group of experts, including university professors, senior managers of government organizations, and experienced human resources and public management consultants, and based on the theoretical sampling method, 10 people were selected as a statistical sample and were interviewed. The approach adopted in this research to analyze the interviews was theme analysis. In this research, in order to ensure the validity and reliability of the interviews, it was tried to use the technique of structured processes of convergent interviews as well as the technique of having at least two people to conduct interviews separately but parallel to each other. Finally, the results of the research led to the presentation of a new model in the field of organizational whistle-blowing in government organizations. Based on the findings of the research, the proposed model includes three categories of factors, which are: causal factors (employees' moral courage, acceptability of senior organizational managers, justice-oriented organizational culture, perceived organizational support, vengeful psychological stimuli, and employees' concern); mediating factors (enhancement of disclosure intention in employees, and occurrence of disclosure behaviors by employees); and finally the consequent factors (improvement of organizational health, and improvement of organizational productivity).
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reza zamani; mahmoud lari dashtbayaz; Reza Hesarzadeh
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Objective: Organizations around the world in a complex and constantly changing environment must continuously face a wide range of risks, challenges and obstacles that threaten their performance and sustainability (Pauli, 2009). In this regard, addressing complex problems requires the collective development ...
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Objective: Organizations around the world in a complex and constantly changing environment must continuously face a wide range of risks, challenges and obstacles that threaten their performance and sustainability (Pauli, 2009). In this regard, addressing complex problems requires the collective development of creative, innovative solutions and the establishment of teamwork relationships (Perry-Smith & Shali, 2003). Therefore, according to today's competitive and fluid environment, organizations have adopted team-based plans to maximize the value of their human capital, in such a way that teams become the basic building blocks of organizational leadership structure design and exponentially in recent research literature. has been reviewed (Mathew et al., 2019). Therefore, with the widespread use of teams in the organizational environment (Mathew et al., 2014), identifying and investigating effective factors in order to improve team effectiveness is of great importance. In summary, Considering today's competitive and fluid environment, audit institutions should pay more attention to the effectiveness of their work teams in order to gain a sustainable competitive advantage and more income. The aim of the current research is to identify and explain the model of the effect of ethical leadership on the effectiveness of the audit team based on McGrath's system framework (input-process-output).Method: This research is practical in terms of research purpose, in such a way that the researcher is looking for information that can be used in scientific situations or obtain a solution to a problem through it. On the other hand, this research is a descriptive-survey type of research. Therefore, since questionnaires and interviews were used to collect information, this research does not cover a specific time period (data collection was done in 1400 and 1401). On the other hand, this research is a descriptive-survey type of research. Therefore, since questionnaires and interviews were used to collect information, this research does not cover a specific time period. In order to achieve the goal of the research, the data of 189 employees of the audit institutes, members of the Certified Public Accountants Society of Iran, were collected in all categories and analyzed using SPSS and SMART PLS software.Findings: The results of the research models test showed that managers and supervisors who have the best interests of the employees in mind, make fair and balanced decisions and set an example on how to do work ethically, can create a sense of commitment and cohesion among their team members. strengthen and increase coordination and reduce conflict between them, which leads to improving the performance and efficiency of the audit team. In short, the ethical leadership of the manager and the supervisor improves the cohesion between the members of the audit team, thereby improving the performance and efficiency of the team. In other words, managers and supervisors who have the best interests of the employees in mind, make fair and balanced decisions and set an example on how to do work ethically, can strengthen the sense of commitment and cohesion among their team members and improve their performance and efficiency.Conclusion: According to the results of the research models test, which indicated the effect of manager-supervisor ethical leadership on team interactions, including team members' cohesion, involvement, and coordination, and ultimately team performance and efficiency, the use of ethical leadership by managers and supervisors can bring many benefits, including Coordination between members, reducing emotional conflict, reducing conflict regarding the allocation of resources and responsibilities, increasing the sense of collective commitment, and finally, improving team performance and efficiency. Therefore, it is suggested that managers and supervisors use ethical leadership mechanisms in order to establish effective communication with team members and treat them fairly. Audit institutions can also include the above criteria in their employment policies as a basis for accepting or continuing to work with audit managers and supervisors. Regarding the limitations of the research, it should be noted that due to the fact that part of the information was collected through virtual space, the researcher did not directly monitor the correctness of the responses of the sample subjects and there is a possibility of potential bias of managers and supervisors in connection with self-reporting.
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Sajad Farsi; rouzbeh darvishi; Vahid Khashei Varnamkhasti
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Aim and introduction: Knowledge-based companies are the engine of economic growth and development of a country. These types of businesses are very important for governments due to their special nature and the important contribution they have in creating jobs and economic growth and development of a country. ...
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Aim and introduction: Knowledge-based companies are the engine of economic growth and development of a country. These types of businesses are very important for governments due to their special nature and the important contribution they have in creating jobs and economic growth and development of a country. A large amount of economic activities in developing and even developed countries are made up of small and medium-sized and knowledge-based companies. In our country, despite the appropriate capacity for technology growth, these types of businesses are developing. On the other hand, these businesses operate in very dynamic and competitive environments that face significant and often unpredictable technological, political and economic changes. For this purpose, the development of innovation has become one of the basic requirements for these businesses in order to survive and maintain their competitive position. One of the types of innovation that has become very important today is ambidextrous innovation. One of the ways to obtain the resources and knowledge needed by organizations to create and implement ambidextrous innovation is the networking capability. On the other hand, knowledge assimilation applications and knowledge transformation applications make the process of influencing networking capability on ambidextrous innovation clear. Knowledge applications make relevant and unrelated knowledge absorbed into the organization understandable for units. Based on this, the current research aims to investigate the relationship between networking capability and ambidextrous innovation with the mediating role of knowledge applications in knowledge-based companies in the field of banking information technology.Methodology: In terms of purpose, this research is applied and has a quantitative approach, and in terms of the nature of the method and data collection, it is descriptive-survey and in terms of time, it is a cross-sectional research. In this research, the library method has been used in order to collect theoretical topics and develop the conceptual model of the research. Also, a field study and data collection has been done through a questionnaire. To test the validity of the content of this research, with the aim of resolving possible ambiguities in the questions and to check the content validity of the questionnaire, a copy of the questionnaire was given to six professors of strategic management at Allameh Tabataba'i University, and after confirming the results, the questionnaires were distributed. Also, convergent and divergent validity methods have been used to check construct validity. The reliability of the questionnaire was calculated using Cronbach's alpha measurement method and compound reliability. Cronbach's alpha values of all variables are higher than 0.7, so the questionnaire has the necessary reliability. The target society of this research is knowledge-based companies in the field of banking information technology in Tehran. Since 19 companies are active in this field and the society is the target of this research, all 19 companies were selected as a sample in this research. In this research, the method of data analysis is descriptive statistics and inferential statistics by analyzing the relationships between variables through correlation matrix, structural equation test and model fit test.Findings: The results of this test show that: The maximum amount of work experience of the managers who participated in this research is between 5 and 10 years, which indicates the sufficient experience and knowledge of the majority of the participants of this research regarding the problem and the subject of the research. The highest frequency is for companies with more than 10 years of experience. The age distribution of companies shows the presence of companies with relatively long working history next to new companies. Also, the data of this research have convergent and divergent validity and they had a normal distribution. The overall fit index of the model (GOF) also shows a number of 0.550. This value shows the very appropriate power of the model in predicting the endogenous current variable of the model. Finally, the results of the hypothesis test are as follows: The significance statistic between networking capability and ambidextrous innovation is equal to 7.334, which is greater than 1.96 and indicates the significance of the relationship between these two variables at the 95% confidence level. The significance statistic between networking capability and knowledge assimilation application and knowledge transformation application is equal to 13.198 and 16.775, which are greater than 1.96 and indicates the significance of the relationship between these variables at the 95% confidence level. The significance statistic between knowledge assimilation application and ambidextrous innovation is equal to 4.054, which is greater than 1.96 and indicates the significance of the relationship between these two variables at the 95% confidence level. The significance statistic between knowledge transformation application and ambidextrous innovation is equal to 4.268, which is greater than 1.96 and indicates the significance of the relationship between these two variables at the 95% confidence level. At least, sobel's test was used to check the mediator variable. According to the results of this test, the value of Z-value or the Sobel test statistic is equal to 2.414 for knowledge assimilation application and 3.112 for knowledge transformation application, which are higher than 1.96. Therefore, knowledge assimilation application and knowledge transformation application plays a mediating role in the relationship between networking capability and ambidextrous innovation.Discussion and Conclusion: Based on the results, in order to create and implement ambidextrous innovation in knowledge-based companies in the field of banking information technology, special attention should be paid to the development of networking capabilities in these companies. Managers of these companies should facilitate the process of applying foreign knowledge by developing networking capabilities. In the knowledge-based economy, knowledge-based companies in the field of information technology may gain access to external knowledge related and unrelated to their knowledge base through networking with their strategic partners. This improves the efficiency and effectiveness of knowledge applications and facilitates the achievement of ambidextrous innovation. Managers of knowledge-based companies active in the field of banking information technology should pay special attention to absorbing knowledge through networking to create ambidextrous innovation. They should develop clear and applicable knowledge application processes and procedures (such as the application of knowledge acquisition and transformation) in their companies.
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Mansour Rahmani; masoud Bastami; soleiman ahmadzadeh
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Communication is a vital factor for organizational success and can be considered as a social and cognitive process through which information is exchanged between individuals and creates meaning. How to better understand, analyze and evaluate communicative processes is a major challenge for communication ...
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Communication is a vital factor for organizational success and can be considered as a social and cognitive process through which information is exchanged between individuals and creates meaning. How to better understand, analyze and evaluate communicative processes is a major challenge for communication researchers .The purpose of this research is to identify and explain the enabling components of communicative maturity in Iran's government organizations. The current research is a qualitative study and its research design is thematic analysis, and based on the Brown and Clark method, it was used as a research method in six stages, and 16 academic and organizational experts were interviewed in a semi-structured manner.A total of 56 open codes,20 organizing themes and 4 comprehensive themes were extracted from the research findings. Finally,the component of communicative capabilities, the component of organizational factors, the component of soft skills of human resources and the component of hard skills of human resources were identified as the main enabling components of the communicative maturity of government organizations. The components and enabling factors of communicative maturity can contribute significantly to the development of effective communication, the evaluation of organizational communication, the improvement of communication performance and the progress of organizations.
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Salar Moradi
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Background and aim: Enterprise architecture is one of the tools of coordination with developments and is an almost new approach that is known today as an effective method in matching the strategic goals of organizations with their information and communication technologies. Based on this, the aim of ...
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Background and aim: Enterprise architecture is one of the tools of coordination with developments and is an almost new approach that is known today as an effective method in matching the strategic goals of organizations with their information and communication technologies. Based on this, the aim of this research is to assess and validate the components of the Enterprise architecture of Parliament Research Center based on information technology among the experts force. Method: The research method is quantitative and validation type. The statistical population includes all employees of the Parliament Research Center in 2023, among whom 95 people were selected as a quota sample and field investigation was conducted on them. The measuring instrument of Enterprise architecture is a researcher-made questionnaire that was compiled using the existing theoretical model as well as studies related to Enterprise architecture, and Cronbach's alpha coefficient was used to check the reliability of this questionnaire, and the results of the alpha coefficient were above 0.7.Findings: The findings of this research have been done at two levels of validation and analytical description. In the validation dimension, first-order confirmatory factor analysis was used to estimate the construct validity of the organizational architecture scale with the help of Amos Graphics software. The value of the correlation coefficients between the hidden variables of the research was calculated in a standard way, and the highest correlation coefficient between alignment and integration was observed at 0.85, and after that, the value of the correlation coefficient for flexibility and empowerment is 0.78. Also, the lowest correlation between the two variables of alignment and flexibility was calculated as 0.51. Conclusion: In general, the statistical indicators show the high validity of the indicators proposed for Enterprise architecture based on information technology, and also the descriptive findings show that experts force employees have a high ability in order to understand the Enterprise architecture and its implementation.
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masumeh arabshahi; mahya eshaghzadeh
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the purpose of this research was to investigate the effect of knowledge sharing on the innovation of two ambidextrous with the mediating role of intellectual capital. The statistical population of the research are 153 managers of knowledge-based companies of the Ferdowsi University of Mashhad’s ...
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the purpose of this research was to investigate the effect of knowledge sharing on the innovation of two ambidextrous with the mediating role of intellectual capital. The statistical population of the research are 153 managers of knowledge-based companies of the Ferdowsi University of Mashhad’s incubator; Using the available sampling method and based on Cochran's formula, 110 people were selected as a statistical sample. The research data collection tool was Zhang et al.'s (2022) questionnaire. The validity of the questionnaire was confirmed through the opinions of 10 university experts. Also, the direction of construct validity (convergent and divergent validity) was checked and confirmed based on the average variance extracted and composite reliability. Cronbach's alpha coefficient was used to calculate the reliability of the questionnaire. A coefficient higher than 7 for the variables indicates that the measurement tool used has acceptable reliability. SPSS software was used to analyze demographic variables and descriptive statistics, and Smart Pls3 software was used to analyze inferential statistics. The results showed that the effect of knowledge sharing on all dimensions of intellectual capital (human, structural and relational capital) was significant.The dimensions of intellectual capital were reported to be significant on the dimensions of two-way innovation (exploratory and exploitative innovation) .But the effect of knowledge sharing on innovation and its dimensions was not significant. Relational capital had a significant effect on the effect of knowledge sharing on exploratory innovation, but this effect on exploitation innovation was not significant
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Fatemeh Naseri; Aliakbar Hasani
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Following the expansion of business boundaries and the increase of uncertainties, business management under disruption such as the outbreak of epidemics has been considered. In this study, the effective factors on business improvement under epidemic conditions have been investigated using the combined ...
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Following the expansion of business boundaries and the increase of uncertainties, business management under disruption such as the outbreak of epidemics has been considered. In this study, the effective factors on business improvement under epidemic conditions have been investigated using the combined method of scenario planning and interaction effects analysis. The provision of beauty services in the field of healthcare has also been selected as a case study. This study is practical in terms of purpose, and the number of 15 experts who were selected purposefully is included in the sample of the current research. In the first stage, by conducting semi-structured interviews, the components of the research were analyzed and coded using MaxQDA software, and then they were classified from the four perspectives of innovation, flexibility, the resilience of the supply chain, and the integration of demand chain management. In the next step, by compiling the mutual effects analysis questionnaire and performing the analysis with Scenario Wizard software, the research scenarios were compiled and identified in the form of five strong scenarios and 783 weak scenarios. After examining the scenarios, the extracted scenarios are grouped based on the affinity and similarity of the identified scenarios. The key findings show that favorable conditions are more effective in the scenarios that by strengthening the favorable conditions in the healthcare systems, in case of epidemics, we can expect the business improvement process.
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usef ramezani; Zahra Rafizadeh; Ghasem Anvari; Shaghayegh Torabi
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The present research is applied in terms of purpose and in terms of nature and method, it is descriptive-correlation research. The statistical population in this research is all the employees of Atiehsazan supplementary insurance company in Mashhad, the total number of employees is 178 people. In the ...
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The present research is applied in terms of purpose and in terms of nature and method, it is descriptive-correlation research. The statistical population in this research is all the employees of Atiehsazan supplementary insurance company in Mashhad, the total number of employees is 178 people. In the present study, the census sampling method was used to select the sample. In this study, two main methods, library and survey, were used to collect information on the theoretical foundations and literature of the subject. The first part of the questionnaire was related to the measurement of cognitive population variables such as gender, education, work experience, and the second part of the questionnaire included questions that through it, the hypotheses were tested. SPSS 18.0 statistical analysis software and Smart Pls software were used to analyze the collected data.The results obtained from the analysis of the obtained information revealed that 54 of the participants in the research were men and 124 of them were women, and 80% of the participants in the research were between 21 and 40 years old, 10% were between 41 and 60 years old. The results of the hypotheses test show that the result of the significant coefficient model from the structural equation model of the hypothesis of organizational culture supporting employees' job involvement, organizational culture supporting organizational trust, leadership performance on employees' organizational trust, job involvement on employees' job satisfaction, organizational trust on satisfaction The job of the employees has a significant effect and the organizational trust mediates the effect of the leadership performance on the job satisfaction of the employees, since the significant number between the investigated variables of these hypotheses is more than +1.96, they are confirmed.
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Hosain Moghadam kia; Heydar Amiran; Abdollah Kolobandi; Mohamadreza kabaranzadghadim
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Background and objective: Entrepreneurial opportunity can be seen as a potentially feasible and profitable investment that offers a new innovative product or service to the market. Therefore, the proper evaluation of entrepreneurial opportunities can lead to an increase in the probability of business ...
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Background and objective: Entrepreneurial opportunity can be seen as a potentially feasible and profitable investment that offers a new innovative product or service to the market. Therefore, the proper evaluation of entrepreneurial opportunities can lead to an increase in the probability of business success. Therefore, the aim of this research is to provide a model for assessing entrepreneurial opportunities in Lorestan non-governmental organizations in order to provide a native model for better explaining the entrepreneurial opportunity assessment. Methodology: The research is conducted in the form of qualitative methodology and using contextual theory. In this way, using in-depth interviews and targeted and theoretical sampling among 17 professors, entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship experts, data collection and analysis has been done in an open, central and selective coding method. By conducting each interview and categorizing and coding the data step by step after 17 interviews, it became clear that the topics are being repeated and conducting a new interview does not help the analysis process. At this stage, the researcher reached theoretical saturation.Findings and results: The results were obtained based on three stages of coding with more than 166 meaningful propositions, 35 sub-categories, 12 main categories and one core category. 12 categories were obtained, and by further abstracting these categories in the selective coding stage, a core category named "Evaluation of entrepreneurial opportunity in non-governmental organizations of Lorestan due to the acceptance of new opportunities in the innovation system in the context of effective communication and the behavioral and ethical characteristics of human resources with The intervention of structural alignment and modification and revision of laws using the three strategies of competitor and market analysis, research and development and financing leads to the consequences of guaranteeing usefulness, increasing the cognitive abilities of entrepreneurs and the possibility of social inclusion cover. Considering that these results are new in the theoretical field, they can be used as an application for relevant planners and policy makers.
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Fatemeh Sadat Vahabzadeh Moghadam; Ahmad Vedadi; karamEllah Daneshfard
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The purpose of this research is to clarify the concept of fearless organization and understand the characteristics, drivers and sons of this concept in the field of health and treatment in Iran. In this study, Rodgers' evolutionary concept analysis approach is used. The published texts in English and ...
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The purpose of this research is to clarify the concept of fearless organization and understand the characteristics, drivers and sons of this concept in the field of health and treatment in Iran. In this study, Rodgers' evolutionary concept analysis approach is used. The published texts in English and Farsi in the last forty years in the field of management knowledge were searched. After applying the entry criteria and final sampling, 77 articles, 22 books and 9 theses were selected and subjected to deep analysis. The analysis process was also carried out under the supervision and review of two expert professors in the field of management. The analysis of the studied concept showed that the most important characteristics of a fearless organization are: acceptance of failure, extreme openness, transparency, constructive conflict, prevalence of "I don't know", humble listening, quick evaluation and Caring for employees. The drivers of a fearless organization are: learning from mistakes, encouraging learning, reducing shortcuts, sharing knowledge, gaining value from differences, avoiding silence and promoting speaking, effective response, designing and implementing coherent structures. To extract ideas and concerns, create culture, maintain balance in creating psychological security. The most important reasons for creating a fearless organization are: the existence of fear, lowering performance standards, the prevalence of reckless disclosure, lack of support for innovation, lack of fostering work commitment, lack of cooperative atmosphere, knowledge concealment, organizational pessimism, lack of Emphasis on goals, lack of planning processes. The results of this research can be a starting point for conducting future research and developing a conceptual model of a secure organization.
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