Document Type : Exploratory

Authors

1 PhD Candidate, Department of Public Administration, Shoushtar Branch, Azad Shoushtar University, Shoushtar, Iran.

2 Assistant Professor, Department of Public Administration, Shoushtar Branch, Azad Shoushtar University, Shoushtar, Iran.

3 Assistant Professor, Department of Public Adminestration, Dehaghan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Dehaghan, Iran.

4 Professor, Department of Public Administration, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

This research was done with the aim of explaining the components and providing a model of organizational happiness among the employees of the Ministry of Energy. According to the practical purpose, the research is combined or mixed in terms of the research method. The statistical community of the qualitative part was knowledgeable experts. The random sampling method was cluster and stratified and the criterion for determining the sample size was reaching theoretical saturation, which was achieved after 13 interviews. The statistical population of the quantitative stage includes all the executive, administrative and expert departments, including managers and senior experts and employees of the Ministry of Energy. To calculate the sample size, Cochran's formula for unlimited communities was used, and the number of samples is 384 people. Qualitative data analysis was done using the foundational data theory and quantitative data analysis was done using the partial least square (PLS) technique. Based on the results of qualitative analysis, six categories of factors were identified, including causal factors, contextual factors, intervening conditions, strategies, consequences, and central phenomena. After identifying the components involved in organizational happiness, the relationship between the components of the paradigm model of the data base theory showed There is a relationship.

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