Presenting a model for strengthening positive organizational behaviors in employees of government organizations
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afsaneh sadeghi
1
,
Houshang Taghizadeh
2
*
,
ali ghorbani
3
1 - PhD student in Public Administration, Organizational Behavior, Tabriz Azad University
2 - Department of Management, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran
3 - Assistant Professor, Department of Business Management, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran.
Keywords: Organizational behaviors, positivity, government organizations.,
Abstract :
The present study was conducted with the aim of presenting a model for strengthening positive organizational behaviors in employees of government organizations. The present research method was mixed (qualitative and quantitative). In this study, the grounded theory method was used. The present study is an applied-developmental study in terms of its purpose, which was conducted in the qualitative stage using the purposive sampling method and using academic managers and experts, senior and middle managers of government organizations, who had complete information about positive organizational behaviors. The data of the qualitative part were obtained using semi-structured interviews. In the present study, the most important method of data collection was the use of interviews (semi-structured). Since the most important method of data collection was interviews. In this study, according to the criteria provided by "Cresswell and Miller" in order to ensure the validity of the research, a three-stage process of open, axial and selective coding was used in accordance with the grounded theory process using MAXQDA software. In general, from the analysis of qualitative research data, 10 main categories and 29 subcategories were identified and presented. According to the results, causal conditions (individual, organizational, and supra-organizational factors), contextual conditions (organizational culture, macro-management and policy-making, employee participation), central category (enhancing positive organizational behavior of employees), strategies (micro-level, macro-level), consequences (individual, organizational, supra-organizational), and intervening conditions (the role of the government, social factors, and economic factors) were identified as explanations for strengthening positive organizational behaviors in employees of government organizations.