Document Type : Exploratory
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Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Sciences and Counseling, Payam Noor University, Tehran.
Abstract
Mental absence is a challenges of human capital management, which can cause universities to face serious problems in the process of utilizing their human capital. Therefore, the current research was carried out with the aim of identifying and prioritizing factors affecting the mental absence of faculty members. This research is a mixed study in which the thematic analysis method was used in the qualitative part and R-SWARA method was used in the quantitative part. The statistical population of the research is made up of academic staff members of Payam Noor University in Fars province, and 17 people were selected to participate in the research using the purposeful sampling method and predetermined criteria. The necessary data were collected by interviews in the qualitative part and by using questionnaires in the quantitative part. The intra-subject agreement method was also used to assess the validity of the analyses in the qualitative section. The results showed that the factors affecting the mental absence of faculty members can be divided into four main categories, i.e. individual characteristics of faculty members, organizational characteristics of the university, characteristics and behaviors of university managers, and occupational characteristics of faculty members. The findings also show that lack of attention to faculty members as human capital, lack of job security and concerns related to job loss, having personal and family problems and the hierarchical organizational structure of the university are the most important factors that can affect the mental absence of faculty members. According to the results, mental absence of faculty members is a multidimensional phenomenon that involves different factors, and solving this problem requires a comprehensive and holistic approach.
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