چکیده:
shows how a government approaches the running of the country. Administrative governance behavior shows the type of administrative culture which dominates the country. Administrative culture at its fundamental analytical level looks at the behavioral pattern embracing the country’s administrative system. Taking into account the modern institutional approach, this article intends to define and evaluate the administrative culture as one of the three main components of Iranian administration system. This study used an outsider’s perspective/approach (ETIC) to administrative culture and evaluated nine indexes: institutional collectivism, uncertainty avoidance, future orientation, performance orientation, power distance, in-group collectivism, humane orientation, assertiveness, and gender egalitarianism. Using random sampling method, data was collected from 166 managers, experts, and scholars of management. Findings show that power distance and in-group collectivism are perceived at a higher level, while there is a vital need to improve and develop institutional collectivism, future orientation, performance orientation, uncertainty avoidance and assertiveness. Finally, based on the findings, recommendations are presented to managers and researchers.
خلاصه ماشینی:
Assessing Iran's Administrative Culture: An Institutional Approach 1 Mehdi Molaie Gara 2 - Firouz Raznahan 3 - Seyed Mohammad Zahedi 4 - Saeed Moeidfar 5 Abstract The administrative system is one of the important pillars of development and reflects the attitude of the sovereignty toward the way that country is governed and managed.
Administrative culture is measured and analyzed using an etic (outsider) approach with indicators such as future-orientation, uncertainty reduction, gender equality, group collectivism, institutional collectivism, human orientation, performance orientation, power distance, and assertiveness.
Given the novelty of the subject of administrative culture and the upcoming limitations in the field of empirical background, especially regarding its dimensions, indicators, and how to measure it, an effort is made to use New Institutionalism theory as a theoretical framework and to localize the valid indicators of international research projects at the level of institutional and administrative system analysis.
Institutionalism theory is suitable and efficient for measuring administrative culture and generally studying the administrative system for the following reasons: The first and most important reason for choosing this theory should be found in avoiding the ecological fallacy of National Administrative System Almond & Verba Jamil & Dangal Emic Approach Etic Approach Al-Helal Institutional Theory New Institutional Theory Considering that administrative culture is the first of the three pillars of the governing institution, therefore, by selecting an appropriate theory at the institutional analysis level, falling into the trap of the ecological fallacy—which refers to the use of theory(ies) unsuitable for the unit of analysis of the subject under study—is avoided.
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