leila ghasemi esfahlan; samad Khabbaz Bavil
Abstract
Transparency in governmental organizations demonstrates the transparency of decision-making principles and mechanisms governing the administrative performance of government. It is used as the most effective tool to fight against bureaucratic corruption to establish an efficient and effective government ...
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Transparency in governmental organizations demonstrates the transparency of decision-making principles and mechanisms governing the administrative performance of government. It is used as the most effective tool to fight against bureaucratic corruption to establish an efficient and effective government and to make a sustainable society. So this research aimed to present a model of factors affecting the performance transparency of governmental organizations. Firstly, factors affecting the performance transparency of governmental organizations were addressed by library studies and then they were investigated by university experts with relevant education in the country through Delphi technique. After validation and modification of these factors, the final questionnaire was compiled to collect quantitative data and was available for managers of various governmental organizations in Iran through a convenient sampling method. Finally, path analysis and model presentation was conducted through structural equation modeling and the Friedman test was used to rank the factors. Results of the study revealed that the model of factors affecting the governmental organization performance transparency includes six variables: individuals’ role and performance, information technology and communication, legal issues, environmental issues, management issues, and structural and process issues. These variables are global, but their analysis and ranking from the viewpoint of governmental managers showed that the majority of the path coefficient is related to information technology and communication variable. And the other two factors of structural and process factors and information technology and communication have the highest rank in performance transparency of governmental organizations in Iran.
Public Management
yahya dadash karimi; Nasser Mirsepassi; reza najafbeigi
Abstract
Governance can be considered a way of exercising power in the management of the social and economic resources of a country. A review of past research in the field of governance has determined that, each research, in terms of the type of approach, emphasis and goals pursued, has been characterized by ...
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Governance can be considered a way of exercising power in the management of the social and economic resources of a country. A review of past research in the field of governance has determined that, each research, in terms of the type of approach, emphasis and goals pursued, has been characterized by a number of specific characteristics and has not been able to cover a set of governance features. In the research, efforts have been made to address this gap and identify the effectiveness and efficiency indicators of the higher education governance system with regard to political, economic and administrative contexts and provide a model for the governance of higher education in the country. This research can be considered as qualitative research. The statistical population of the study consisted of two groups of academic directors and professors interviewed by semi-structured interviews. In this research, the aim of the study was to provide a model of governance in higher education, so some quality analysis methods, such as theme analysis, have been used to analyze the interviews. The findings of the research indicated that the final model of higher education governance was composed of nine factors: Political social Transparency, economic Transparency, administrative Transparency, social political Responsiveness, economic Responsiveness, administrative Responsiveness, Political social Partnership, economic Partnership and administrative Partnership.
Public Administration
Farajollah Rahnavard; Ali Jokar; Habibollah Taherpour; Mahdi rasouli
Abstract
Social accountability of public agencies is one of the requirements of public governance in the country. This kind of accountability is responding to social groups. The purpose of this study is to develop a framework for establishing social accountability in Iranian public sector organizations based ...
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Social accountability of public agencies is one of the requirements of public governance in the country. This kind of accountability is responding to social groups. The purpose of this study is to develop a framework for establishing social accountability in Iranian public sector organizations based on grounded theory. The statistical population of this research includes experts who have sufficient knowledge and practical experience in the field of social accountability. According to the research framework, a semi-structured method based on Atlas ta software has been used to collect the required data. After analyzing the text of the interviews, the dimensions of social accountability and causal, mediator and moderator variables were identified to develop a final framework. Research findings show that international requirements, the type of organizational mission, organizational culture, legal requirements, organizational reputation, and public maturity of society are key factors influencing the establishment of social accoعntability in public agencies. Meanwhile, the outcomes of establishing social accountability in public agencies are an increase in public trust, public satisfaction, and community growth and excellence.
