Management and Policy Making
Ehsan Abedi
Abstract
In the field of qualitative research, there are many reference books, each of which has gained good legitimacy and acceptance among readers for a reason. The book “Basics of Qualitative Research: Grounded Theory Procedures and Techniques” written by Strauss and Corbin and translated by Ebrahim ...
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In the field of qualitative research, there are many reference books, each of which has gained good legitimacy and acceptance among readers for a reason. The book “Basics of Qualitative Research: Grounded Theory Procedures and Techniques” written by Strauss and Corbin and translated by Ebrahim Afshar, is one of the most successful books that has been written in this field, published 9 times and has been used as a reference book for postgraduate students. In this article, the attempt was to review the book in a descriptive-analytical manner, by mentioning the evidence and documents and based on evaluation criteria which the Council introduced for Reviewing Books and Text on Human Sciences. Criticisms were presented from both formal and content perspectives. According to this, on one hand, the main strengths of the book are content comprehensiveness about grounded theory, a coherent and structured view of the subject, and providing practical examples. On the other hand, this work has also some drawbacks, the most important of which are the lack of sufficient attention to the stage of preparing and presenting the research report, outdated topics despite numerous editions of the book, and the lack of attention to other qualitative research methods.
Management and Policy Making
Saeed Azadeh; Ali Akbai Farhangi; Seyed Mohammad Zahedi
Abstract
According to the concept of trust in management since the 1980s and over the last few decades, different angles and approaches have been studied. Trust is an essential factor for individual and organizational success. Trust among individuals and employees is a result of stability, unity, and intra-organizational ...
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According to the concept of trust in management since the 1980s and over the last few decades, different angles and approaches have been studied. Trust is an essential factor for individual and organizational success. Trust among individuals and employees is a result of stability, unity, and intra-organizational cohesion, performance upgrades the efficiency and effectiveness of groups and grounds of cooperation, participation, and communication. This study aimed to design a model of intera-organizational trust through collective action in the education of Tehran. This research is applied research in terms of purpose and is survey-exploratory and qualitative research. The population of the study consisted of senior managers of the department of education in Tehran university professors, and advisors, who were interviewed in depth. The selection of experts and interviews with them continued until theoretical saturation and then stopped. In this research, since the grounded theory method was used, the main tool for data collection was in-depth interviews with experts. Finally, after three open, axial and selective coding, the conceptual model of research was designed. So far, no study has been done on this connection in the department of education in Tehran. This model is classified as causal, axial, contextual, strategic, and consequential variables. The findings showed that education of Tehran, in order to enhance intera-organizational trust, can leverage the collective action within and between layers of the structure of your organization.
Economy
Ali Afzali; Rouhollah Aboojafari
Volume 18, Issue 9 , February 2019, , Pages 1-17
Abstract
This article examines the economic conditions of publishing books in Iran. The book as one of the most important cultural goods in comparison with other cultural industries has a fairly good capacity to generate income and employment. In this research, firstly, using the value chain approach, the economic ...
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This article examines the economic conditions of publishing books in Iran. The book as one of the most important cultural goods in comparison with other cultural industries has a fairly good capacity to generate income and employment. In this research, firstly, using the value chain approach, the economic conditions of the book publishing are explained. Then, using the grounded method and utilizing economic indicators, the challenges of this area have been identified. According to the studies and surveys conducted in this study, real household expenditures on books have been decreasing since 2013. Examples include imbalances in the share of publishing chain actors, the inadequate distribution of distributors across the country, the inappropriateness of the number of bookstores with the number of publishers, the weakness of reading culture and the educational system, and the domination of the new media on people's lives are considered to be challenging. In contrast, effective policy-making with the use of economic indicators and actions such as updating the rules in this area and the use of innovations such as printing on demand, online sales, and audiobooks in many ways can help to cope with the challenges.
