با همکاری مشترک دانشگاه پیام نور و انجمن مدیریت دولتی ایران و انجمن مدیریت رفتار سازمانی

نوع مقاله : اکتشافی

نویسندگان

استادیار، گروه مدیریت دولتی، دانشگاه پیام نور، تهران، ایران

چکیده

دموکراسی تنها محدود به نهادهای سیاسی نیست، بلکه شامل استقرار دموکراسی در کل جامعه، نهاد­ها و سازمان­های آن است. دموکراسی سازمانی برای تحقق ایده­آل­های دموکراتیک نظیر استقلال فردی، آزادی اجتماعی، آزادی بیان و مشارکت در همه مسائلی که زندگی شهروندان را تحت تاثیر قرار می­دهد ضروری و لازم است. هدف از این پژوهش دست­یابی به عوامل مؤثر بر استقرار دموکراسی سازمانی در سازمان­های بخش عمومی است تابتوانند با استفاده از اصول دموکراسی نحوه‌ی اجرای فعالیت­های خود و همچنین محیط کار را به گونه­ای طراحی کنند که موجب شکوفایی و توسعه‌ی توانایی­های بالقوه‌ی کارکنان و نیز ارائه­ی اثربخش کالاها و خدمات به عموم جامعه شود. در این پژوهش توسعه­ای-کاربردی از روش توصیفی- پیمایشی فن دلفی برای دست­یابی به مؤلفه­های مؤثر بر ایجاد دموکراسی سازمانی و از روش توصیفی- همبستگی مدل­یابی معادلات ساختاری جهت تحلیل عاملی تاییدی و سنجش روایی سازه استفاده شده است. مشارکت­کنندگان در بخش دلفی را اساتید دانشگاهی و مدیران ارشد سازمان­های بخش عمومی آشنا با مفهوم دموکراسی سازمانی و جامعه­ی آماری در بخش مدل­یابی معادلات ساختاری را کارکنان هفت سازمان­ بخش عمومی در استان بوشهر تشکیل می­دهند. در این پژوهش نخست مطالعه­ی جامعی در متون علمی صورت پذیرفت و شاخص­هایی شناسایی و سپس این شاخص­ها به نظرخواهی خبرگان گذاشته و در نهایت 32 شاخص و 9 بعد اصلی که عبارتند از: پاسخ­خواهی اجتماعی، حاکمیت مشترک، جو سازمانی عادلانه، کرامت سازمانی، شفافیت، مراودات اثربخش، فرهنگ آزادی خواهی سازمانی، انعطاف­پذیری سازمانی و عدالت شغلی، شناسایی شدند.

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عنوان مقاله [English]

Conceptualize and Identify Dimensions and Indicators of Organizational Democracy in Public Sector Organizations

نویسندگان [English]

  • Reza Zare
  • Akbar Bahmani Choob Bastani
  • Alireza Fathizadeh

Assistant Professor of Public Administration, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran

چکیده [English]

Democracy is not only limited to political structures but including establishing it in the whole society, its structures and organizations. Organizational democracy is necessary and vital to achieve democratic ideals such as individual independence, social liberty, freedom of expression and participation in all issues that affect citizens' life. The aim of present research is to achieve effective factors on establishment of organizational democracy in public sector organizations so that they can design the way of performing their duties and also work environment by using democratic principles in such a manner that leads to blooming and developing employees' potential abilities and also impressive presentation of products and services to the public. In the present applied-developmental research, descriptive-survey Delphi method has been used to achieve effective factors on establishment of organizational democracy and the descriptive-correlation structural equations modeling has been utilized to confirmatory factor analysis and construct validity analysis. Participants in Delphi parts included university professors and top managers of public sector organizations who were familiar to the concept of organizational democracy. Statistical universe in structural equations modeling part include staff of seven public organizations in Bushehr Province. In present study, a comprehensive study in scientific texts was taken up at first and indicators were identified and then, these indicators were put at the polls of experts. At the end, 32 indicators and 9 main dimensions were identified that are social responsiveness, shared governance, justly organizational atmosphere, organizational generosity, transparency, effective communication, culture of organizational liberalism, organizational flexibility and occupation justice.

کلیدواژه‌ها [English]

  • Democracy
  • Organizational Democracy
  • Structural Equations Modeling
  • Public Organizations
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