Document Type : Exploratory

Authors

• mohammad sargolzaee ¹
• mohadese nadershahi ²
• ali Asghar mobasheri ³

¹ MSc. in entrepreneurship, faculty of management and economics, University of Sistan and Baluchestan, Zahedan, Iran

² Department of Industrial engineering, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran

³ faculty of administrative sciences and economy, University of Isfahan, Isfahan,Iran

Abstract

The current research was carried out with the aim of identifying a process model for the mental absence of faculty members in the workplace. This study is a qualitative research in terms of approach, an applied research in terms of purpose, and an exploratory research in terms of nature, which was conducted using the grounded theory method. Statistical population consists of academic staff members of Iranian universities, and the required data were collected through 23 semi-structured interviews and according to theoretical saturation. In order to identify suitable people for conducting interviews, convenience sampling and also purposeful snowball sampling method were used. After analyzing the data, the factors affecting the mental absence of faculty members were categorized in the form of causal factors (attitudinal factors, skill-performance factors, characteristics of university administrators and characteristics of university organizational culture), contextual factors (university organizational structure, failure of the human resources management system, students, job factors and personal problems) and intervening factors (individual and social inhibiting factors). The findings also indicate that the mental absence of academic staff members at the work manifests itself in the form of virtual resignation and neglect of work (wasting time in the work environment). The strategies of this phenomenon were also identified in the form of 2 dimensions (self-willed social isolation and performance measures) and its consequences were identified in 2 levels (individual and organizational).

Keywords

• faculty members
• mental absence
• mental absence of faculty members
• Indifference at work
• Grounded Theory

Main Subjects

• Pathology