Phenomenological Analysis of Effective Intra-Organizational Factors in Use the Articles and Thesis Production Institutions

Document Type : Original Article

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1 Ph.D Student, Higher Education Development Planing, University of Kurdistan, Sanandaj, Iran

2 Assistant Professor, Faculty of Psychology and Education, University of Tehran, Iran

10.22034/jstp.2019.10.4.539573

Abstract

The formation and expansion of the activities of the well-known institutes to the production of articles and thesis have put Iran's higher education system at faced with questions and serious challenges that has been consequences at individual, organizational and social levels. The Present study aimed to analyze intra-organizational factors in the tendency to use the articles and thesis production institutions. The study was conducted using a qualitative method and phenomenological approach. Sampling was done purposefully and with using criterion sampling. The sample size to the theoretical saturation of data was dependent that based on this, the lived experience of 22 experts in the realm of the subject was deeply investigated. The data are collected via semi-structured interviews, and was analyzed using Colaizzi strategy. Data analysis has led to the identification and categorization of five categories of effective intera-organization factors in the tendency to use the articles and thesis production institutions, including management, cultural, regulatory, educational and individual factors. The results show that developing essay writing institutions, can accompany the vitality and dynamism of scientific and academic centers with serious challenges from their inside and could be faced them with double problems in fulfilling their mission for the creating value and welfare and preparing sustainable development of society.
 

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Journal of Science and Technology Policy
Volume 11, Issue 4
January 2019
Pages 35-48

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