Document Type : Exploratory

Authors

1 Ph.D Candidate, Department of Business Management, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran.

2 Professor, Department of Management, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran.

3 Assistant Prof, Department of Management, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran.

Abstract

The imbalance between responsibility and authority means disregarding one of the most important principles of delegation that, given the implications of this issue for the individual and the present research organization, seeks to identify its various dimensions and explain the balancing strategies by analyzing this phenomenon. The strategy used in this study is grounded theory based on emerging approach. The study population consisted of managers of public organizations in Mashhad, among whom 19 were selected through targeted sampling method to reach the theoretical saturation.The research tool was a semi-structured interview. MAXQDA qualitative analysis software was utilized to analyze the data, and open, axial and selective coding processes were usesd in this regard. The accomplished analysis using continuous comparisons in the actual and theoretical coding process showed 193 codes, 72 concepts, 16 classes, and 6 categories, which led to the final model of research on the axial category, named the imbalance between responsibility and authority. Then, the final model of imbalance management which is lucrative to decline negative imbalance consequences and empower its positive results was designed with the help of individual and organizational strategies.

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