Document Type : Exploratory
Authors
Assistant Professor, department of Management, Payame Noor University (PNU), Tehran, Iran
Abstract
The main goal of this research was to identify the factors affecting the lack of transparency in Tabriz government organizations.This research is fundamental in terms of its nature and its methodology is mixed with a sequential-exploratory approach and it has been done in two parts, qualitative and quantitative. Qualitative data were collected using interviews with 15 experts who were selected in a purposeful way and were analyzed using the database method and using three stages of open, central and selective coding. Quantitative data were collected by questionnaire and tested using confirmatory factor analysis method and finally the factors affecting the lack of transparency were identified. In the qualitative part of the research, 133 sub-categories were categorized in the form of 51 sub-categories and 6 main categories. The relationships of all research components were confirmed during the structural equation test. The lack of comprehensiveness of the previous research results in the early stages led to the presentation of the initial model based on the researchers' inferences. The reluctance to whistle-blowing among employees and the existence of economic and social crises were chosen as the central categories of the research due to frequent repetition in the process of interviews. the dimensions, the anti-transparency government category had the highest effect on the lack of transparency with a statistic equal to 6.42 and an effect size of 0.88. Identifying the dimensions and components affecting the lack of transparency and providing strategies to prevent the lack of transparency and the consequences of the lack of transparency after the test in the environment of government organizations in a new way is the innovation of the article.
Keywords
- Lack of Oorganizational Transparency
- Government Organizations
- Anti-Transparency Structure
- Hybrid Research
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