Developing a Model for Religious Competence of Military Leaders

Competence of military leaders in the face of crisis and unpredictability is considered as one of the main issues and concerns in the field of defense. The experience of years of holy defense has proved that military commanders with suitable leadership abilities and following Islamic commands can provide a successful model of military leadership to the world. Therefore, the main objective of this research is to develop a model of religious competencies of military leaders. Quantitative and qualitative methods have been used to analyze the data. First, a review of upstream documents, books and previous studies, and further, using the data from these studies, a deep in-person interview was conducted on several occasions with 15 military academic experts. After receiving the results, the data were analyzed in a thematic analysis and the conceptual framework and the research model derived the codes and categories was designed. Hierarchy analysis method was used for weighting and prioritizing the model. The research result suggests that the achieved spiritual, behavioral, doctrinaire and intuitional components have the most impact on the religious competencies of military leaders, respectively.