Document Type : Exploratory

Authors

• Reza Saleh zadeh ¹
• ali Asghar mobasheri ²

¹ Department of Management, Faculty of Administrative Sciences and Economics, University of Isfahan

² Department of Management, faculty of administrative sciences and economics. University of Isfahan, Isfahan,Iran

Abstract

The current research was carried out with the aim of designing a model of ostracism faculty members in the work environment . This research in terms of practical purpose; In terms of exploratory nature and in terms of method; It has been done in a qualitative way and with the approach of Grounded theory. The statistical population of the research is made up of faculty members of Iranian universities, among which 19 people were selected using a targeted method as well as the snowball method and observing the rule of theoretical saturation, and the data were collected using semi-structured interviews. The results of this research indicate that the ostracism faculty members in the work environment is influenced by 3 categories of causal factors (management-organizational factors, characteristics of the excluded person and factors related to colleagues) and personal and organizational background factors and intervening factors. also affect the emergence of this phenomenon in universities. The strategies to prevent the ostracism faculty members and the consequences of this phenomenon in universities have also been identified at both individual and organizational levels. The findings of the research can create a suitable insight in relation to how the phenomenon of ostracism faculty members is formed in the work environment and provide the context to prevent it for the planners and policy makers of the university system.

Keywords

• Ostracism at Work
• Ostracism of Faculty Members
• University
• Grounded theory

Main Subjects

• Modeling