Allah Mohammad Behzad; Abbas Abbaspour; Saeed Ghiasi Nodooshan; Ali Khorsandi Taskoh; samad borzooian
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This research aimed to develop a quality assurance model for higher education in Afghanistan with a focus on the role of innovative technologies. A qualitative method was employed based on a grounded theory approach in this research. Data collection tool included semi-structured interviews, and in-depth ...
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This research aimed to develop a quality assurance model for higher education in Afghanistan with a focus on the role of innovative technologies. A qualitative method was employed based on a grounded theory approach in this research. Data collection tool included semi-structured interviews, and in-depth interviews were conducted with 16 members of quality assurance committees of public universities in Kabul city until theoretical saturation was reached. Purposeful sampling method was employed, and individuals were selected using snowball sampling method. Based on the findings, 487 initial codes, 187 concepts, and 30 sub-categories were identified in the coding stage. Then, in the axial coding stage, sub-categories and concepts were related to each other, and finally, selective coding was conducted following Strauss and Corbin’s paradigmatic pattern. The components of accountability, competitiveness, transformation of humanities, indigenization, economic factors, and quality assurance process of evaluation were identified as causal conditions; goal structure and educational program, faculties capacity, student capabilities, university environment, and infrastructure were identified as contextual conditions; and scarcity of financial resources, study resources, administrative bureaucracy, faculty/student situation, information technology, and indigenous quality assurance model were identified as intervening conditions. Continuous assessment, curriculum planning, faculty empowerment, effective communication, strengthening university-community and industry relations were categorized as strategies, and individual, organizational, and extra-organizational outcomes were classified as Consequences. Ultimately, the results of this research indicated that quality assurance in higher education in Afghanistan depends on the existence of specialized individuals, allocation of necessary resources, leadership support, and the level of independence of universities.
yashar mobaraki; Abbas abbaspour; NoorAli Farrokhi
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The purpose of the present study was to investigate the relationship between authentic leadership and organizational commitment of employees with the mediating variable of job satisfaction in the 4th education and training region of Tehran.In terms of the basic purpose, this research was a method of ...
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The purpose of the present study was to investigate the relationship between authentic leadership and organizational commitment of employees with the mediating variable of job satisfaction in the 4th education and training region of Tehran.In terms of the basic purpose, this research was a method of collecting field data and in terms of the implementation method, it was a descriptive correlation type. The statistical population included all the employees of the Department of Education and Culture of the fourth education and culture region of Tehran, numbering 420 people, using the Karjesi and Morgan table and the relative stratified random sampling method, 201 people as the volume The sample was selected.The data collection tools were the standard questionnaires of Asil Aliu et al.'s leadership style (2007), organizational commitment by Allen and Mayer (2007), and job satisfaction by Smith and Hevlin (1969). The validity of these questionnaires was confirmed by experts, and reliability was calculated through Cronbach's alpha coefficient (0.90, 0.88, 0.86 percent) respectively.The results showed that the explanatory model of organizational commitment based on authentic leadership and job satisfaction is suitable based on the experimental data obtained. Also, the results showed that there is a significant relationship between authentic leadership and the organizational commitment of employees and job satisfaction with the organizational commitment of employees of the 4th district of Tehran.It also showed that there is a significant relationship between authentic leadership and organizational commitment with the mediation of job satisfaction of the employees of the Department of Education,.
siros madandar; khadijeh aliabadi; reza mohammad kazemi; abbas abbaspour
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In today’s world dynamic economy, traditional approaches do not meet the needs of growth and survival and competition and entrepreneurship is seen as anecessity for institutions and individuals. in such Situation,the mechanisms effecting cultural values can be widely used in the tendency of individuals ...
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In today’s world dynamic economy, traditional approaches do not meet the needs of growth and survival and competition and entrepreneurship is seen as anecessity for institutions and individuals. in such Situation,the mechanisms effecting cultural values can be widely used in the tendency of individuals to engage in entrepreneurship, either individually or in from of a business context might be effective. The quantitative and research population of the present study was selected as the target audience of television programs in the city of Tehran in 2017-18 that view the national media. Based on Morgan's table, a sample of 384 people was selected using a simple random approach and a questionnaire was distributed. Data were collected using a researcher-made questionnaire. The findings of the study indicate that the social and entrepreneurial content of the television program has a positive and significant effect on individual entrepreneurial intention. Social content and individual entrepreneurial intention influence organizational entrepreneurial intention. But entrepreneurial content does not affect organizational entrepreneurial intention. .