Psychology
Golchereh Lohrasbi Nichkohi; Mitra Sadoughi; Hossein Ali Taghipour; Esmaeil Kazempour
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Purpose: Behavioral innovation in the organization can play an important role in creating and promoting competitive advantage for the organization. Therefore, the aim of this study was applying human resource strategies in the designing the behavioral innovation model in the exceptional children organization.Methodology: ...
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Purpose: Behavioral innovation in the organization can play an important role in creating and promoting competitive advantage for the organization. Therefore, the aim of this study was applying human resource strategies in the designing the behavioral innovation model in the exceptional children organization.Methodology: This study in terms of purpose was applied and in terms of implementation method was mixed (qualitative-quantitative). The research population in the qualitative part was the general manager of exceptional children organization of Tehran, the heads of the exceptional children organization of Mazandaran and Gillan provinces, and the staff managers of the exceptional children organization of Tehran, which according to the principle of theoretical saturation, 14 people were selected as a sample by using the purposive sampling method. The research population in the quantitative part was experts of exceptional children organization of Tehran city and principals of schools of exceptional children of Mazandaran and Gillan provinces, which according to Cochran's formula, 340 people were selected as a sample by using a simple random sampling method. The research tool in the qualitative part was a semi-structured interview and in the quantitative part was a researcher-made questionnaire, which whose psychometric indicators were confirmed. Data analysis was done in the qualitative part with thematic analysis method in MAXQDA-12 software and in the quantitative part with exploratory factor analysis and structural equation modeling in SPSS-22 and Smart PLS-3 software.Findings: The findings of the qualitative part showed that for the model of behavioral innovation and human resource strategies in the exceptional children organization were identified 54 components in 14 categories of behavioral honesty, positive thinking in behavior, empowerment, self-control culture, innovative self-efficacy, confidence building, collaborative management, participation, timely thinking, job satisfaction, organizational justice, culture of organizational communication, healthy atmosphere of competition and objective assessment of resources. Also, the findings of the quantitative part showed that the factor load and convergent validity of all categories were higher than 0.50 and Cronbach and combined reliability of all of them were higher than 0.70. In addition, the fit indicators the model of behavioral innovation and human resources strategies in the exceptional children organization indicated its appropriate fit and the effect of the model on all categories was significant (P<0.05).Conclusion: The model of behavioral innovation and human resource strategies in the exceptional children organization had appropriate psychometric indicators, and specialists and planners of the exceptional children organization can use it to create and promote a competitive advantage.
Arash Khodabakhsh; Hossein Ali Taghipour; Mehran Mokhtari Baye Kalaei
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Purpose: In our country, most universities are in the first generation and a limited number of them are in the second generation, and the third and fourth generations of universities in Iran have not been seriously considered yet. Accordingly, many graduates do not succeed in the market due to lack of ...
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Purpose: In our country, most universities are in the first generation and a limited number of them are in the second generation, and the third and fourth generations of universities in Iran have not been seriously considered yet. Accordingly, many graduates do not succeed in the market due to lack of entrepreneurial skills. Therefore, it is essential that the university, as the source of all changes in society, be at the forefront of the entrepreneurial process, and in order to change educational and research patterns and change students' skills and abilities, they must change their education strategy and train entrepreneurial and creative people. In fact, third and fourth generation universities are education-oriented, research-oriented and knowledge-based universities that seek to create value and wealth by developing effective knowledge and entrepreneurship. Curricula, as the heart of higher education, must be aligned with the indicators of this generation of academics in order to pave the way for progress in line with these indicators. The fourth generation universities provide the ground for the realization of up-to-date progress and in accordance with the requirements that are commensurate with the development of changing knowledge and technology. The present study was conducted with the aim of providing a curriculum model for fourth generation universities in Iran.Methodology: The research method was fundamental in terms of purpose and mixed (qualitative-quantitative) in terms of implementation method. The qualitative community consisted of experts and professors of Iranian university educational planning in the academic year 2020-21, according to the principle of theoretical saturation, 17 of them were selected as a sample by snowball and targeted sampling methods. The quantitative population consisted of all students of higher education centers throughout Iran in the academic year 1399-400, according to the Cochran's formula, 384 of them were selected as a sample by multi-stage cluster sampling. Semi-structured interviews were used to collect information in the qualitative section and a researcher-made questionnaire was used in the quantitative section, and their psychometric indices were confirmed. Data were analyzed by coding methods in MAXQDA software and heuristic factor analysis and structural equation modeling in SPSS and LISREL software.Findings: The findings of the qualitative section showed that 51 indicators in the form of 7 categories of educational approach based on peer education, action-based education, facilitating simulated opportunities, attention to group learning methods, self-directed and self-directed learning, activities based on exploratory learning and new methods Teaching was identified. The findings of the quantitative section showed that 17 items were removed due to a factor load of less than 0.30 and the initial questionnaire was reduced from 51 items to 34 items. , According to group learning methods, self-directed and self-directed learning, activities based on exploratory learning and new teaching methods, all of which have a factor load of more than 0.70, the mean variance of all of them is higher than 0.60 and the reliability of all of them is higher than It was 0.80 that their factor loading was confirmed due to being higher than 0.30, their mean extracted variance was confirmed due to being higher than 0.50 and their reliability was confirmed due to being higher than 0.70. Other results showed that the curriculum for fourth generation universities on all seven categories of peer-to-peer educational approach, action-based education, simulated opportunities, attention to group learning methods, self-directed and self-directed learning, exploratory learning-based activities and new methods. Teaching had a direct and significant effect (P <0.05).Conclusion: Considering the identification of seven categories and the direct and significant effect of the current research curriculum on the seven categories, planning to improve the curriculum for fourth generation universities through the seven categories mentioned above is necessary.
