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The current research aims to provide a model to improve the work engagement among of faculty members of the Islamic Azad University of Tehran with a mixed (qualitative-quantitative) approach. The participants in the qualitative part included 18 experts, policymakers of the higher education system, experienced professors, academic experts in the field of behavioral sciences, and the statistical population in the quantitative part included 2674 members of the academic staff of the Islamic Azad University of Tehran, based on the Cochran formula 336 30 experts were selected and 30 experts answered the researcher-made questionnaire to determine the degree of appropriateness of the work attachment promotion model of Islamic Azad University faculty members. The sampling method was used in the qualitative part of the purposeful snowball method, and in the quantitative part, the multi-stage cluster random sampling and simple random sampling method was used. The data collection tool in the qualitative part is the interview and in the quantitative part, the questionnaire is made by the researcher according to the research literature. In the qualitative part, to check the strength of the data, the Lincoln and Cuba index was used and its reliability was calculated through Cohen's kappa coefficient of 84%. The validity of the quantitative tool was confirmed through convergent and divergent validity, and its reliability was calculated through Cronbach's alpha of 0.70. The results showed that according to the presented model of the current research, taking into account the dimensions and components of job satisfaction, being attracted to work, dedication, energy and four effective individual, organizational, academic, and moral factors, and also considering the mechanisms of improving job satisfaction. Including justice, communication, branding, university structure, independence, it is possible to improve the work engagement among of faculty members of Islamic Azad University.

The aim of this study is to investigate the factors that affect the acceptance of artificial intelligence among faculty members, as well as their level of artificial intelligence literacy.

The current applied research is grounded in the philosophy of pragmatism, utilizing a mixed-method (sequential explanatory approach). The statistical population for the quantitative aspect consisted of 1220 faculty members at Farhangian University campuses during the academic year 2023-2024. Through Cochran's formula, 315 individuals were selected via random cluster sampling. For the qualitative component, 15 experts were chosen using snowball sampling. Quantitative data were analyzed using SPSS, while thematic analysis was applied to the qualitative data.

Factors such as behavioral intention, perceived ease of use, perceived usefulness, job relevance, social norms, facilitating conditions, and attitude towards AI have been identified as influencing artificial intelligence acceptance. The results revealed that the artificial intelligence literacy levels of faculty members were suboptimal. The second-order factor analysis of the structure showed significant fit indices, validating the statistical analysis.

Enhancing AI literacy of professors in higher education is crucial in addressing resistance to AI adoption. Therefore, increased support from relevant authorities and educational leaders is essential to assist professors in developing their artificial intelligence skills and literacy.

The purpose of the research was to present the future university model with a knowledge-enhancing approach, the qualitative research method was based on the Grounded theory approach. The participants of the research included professors and managers of higher levels of Azad universities, who were selected as key informants through the purposeful sampling method of 10 people, the estimation of the desired sample size was done based on theoretical data saturation. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews. The reliability and validity of the data were used through three methods of participant feedback review, Christiansen's angle technique, and external observers. The data were analyzed by open, central and selective coding, the number of 99 open codes (concepts), 19 central codes (dimensions and components) and 6 selective codes (main categories) were counted. The research findings showed that the major and core categories in The format of six dimensions of causal conditions including (structural conditions, cultural conditions, academic processes, characteristics of academic experts), central phenomenon (participatory planning, forward-looking leadership, central issue, academic development), contextual conditions (academic entrepreneurship and increase The economic role of the university, students' participation, free interaction of scientific institutions in the international arena, necessary infrastructure for the development of the future university), intervening conditions (professional management and Laws and regulations of higher education, government credits and financial resources), strategies for reforming the management structure of the higher education system, institutionalization of future research) and consequences (improvement of performance, control of the role of the higher education system) were upgraded to a higher abstract level and finally the research paradigm model Presented.

The purpose of this research is to compare and describing the status of the provisions and content of special credit regulations (grant) of faculty members in public universities (that have their own special research credit regulations), with each other and with the regulations approved by the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology.

In terms of purpose, this research is an applied research, in terms of the nature of a qualitative research and in terms of the method, it is a comparative descriptive study, for which information and related documents from selected universities and the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology have been gathered. The statistical population of the research was all the state universities of the country that have special accreditation regulations for their faculty members, among which five universities (Shahid Beheshti, Tehran, Tabriz, Shiraz and Ferdowsi Mashhad) were selected by purposive sampling method.

The dissimilarities and similarities between the special credit regulations of the selected universities and the regulations approved by the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology have been identified & categorized in five subject areas and 53 indicators.

This research showed that the credit regulations for faculty members in state universities, although their compilations and regulations are based on the regulations approved by the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology, but in many cases they are different from each other and in practice they are appropriate to the culture and The specific philosophy of evaluating method of the research activities of their faculty members in each university has been set and approved.

The present research was conducted with the aim of ranking and measuring the effect of barriers and research problems in the field of humanities on scientific productions from the perspective of faculty members.

The current research is a descriptive survey in terms of applied purpose. The statistical population of this research included all the faculty members of Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, and 137 people were selected as the research sample by simple random method. The questionnaire of Khademizadeh et al. (2021) was used to collect data. Research data were analyzed using SPSS version 22 software and Smart Pls software.

Based on the results of this research, from the point of view of faculty members of Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz in the field of human sciences, infrastructural and environmental barriers (0.906) have the most impact among other components, followed by educational barriers. cultural and social (0.85); organizational-management obstacles (0.847); Intrinsic obstacles (0.738) and individual obstacles (0.637). Among the individual barriers to research (the most important factor is weakness in English language skills), among the inherent barriers to research (the most important factor is the small investment of governments and the private sector for research in the field of humanities), among the organizational and managerial barriers (the most important factor is the lack of incentive policies in against the scientific productions of faculty members), it was among the infrastructural and environmental obstacles (the most important factors of the contractionary policies of the governments and the lack of research funds) and among the educational, cultural and social obstacles (the most important factors are the lack of group work culture and promotion of individualism).

Based on the results of the research, infrastructural and environmental barriers play a more important role in the field of human sciences. Based on this, paying attention to research obstacles to increase scientific production and especially removing infrastructural and environmental obstacles requires the special attention of managers, especially university research managers, so that the process of scientific production in this field can be corrected and accelerated.

This qualitative research was carried out with the aim of presenting a curriculum renewal model in the higher education system and with the systematic research method of the Grounded Theory Approach. For this purpose, by conducting open interviews with 23 curriculum experts, data was collected and analyzed in three stages of open, central and selective coding. The results of the research showed the extraction of more than 200 basic concepts from the interviews, as well as the statistics of 117 sub-categories and 22 main categories, which in the form of a paradigm model includes curriculum revision and renewal as a central category; Causal conditions (need assessment, commitment, expertise and independence of teachers' actions, etc.); Strategies (foreseeing, constant monitoring of environmental capacity, university-industry interaction, etc.); Platforms for curriculum renewal (quality of management in revision of courses, type of cooperation between stakeholders, etc.); The intervening conditions (the prevailing values ​​in the society, the revision of the bylaws, etc.) and the consequences of curriculum renewal (curriculum effectiveness, etc.) were proposed and designed and explained in the form of the final model of curriculum renewal

The aim of the current research was to identify the criteria of the self-development program of academic faculty members' competencies to guide student theses and theses. According to the main purpose of the research, the grounded theory method was used. The field of research was the faculty members of Tehran University, and the theoretical saturation of the data was achieved by using theoretical sampling in the 25th interview. Atlas TI software was used to analyze the research data. The findings of the research showed that the criteria of the self-development program were identified as the central category of the study, and the causal factors included the professor's commitment and the university's supervision, the up-to-dateness of the professors, and the skill of the research process. Also, the strategies include the formation of the research council in terms of form and title, moving towards writing excellent theses and treatises, dynamic environment and sufficient facilities and contextual factors including differences in fields, the university professor as an actor, the vision of the self-development program, how to implement the self-development program and Intervening factors include experience gathering from veteran professors, attention to the policy element in the self-development program and the transformation of politics into a self-development program, and the consequences include the way of looking at writing theses and dissertations, empowerment of students, empowerment of faculty members, empowerment of universities, faculties and educational groups, awareness The science of individuals, the doctoral thesis as the intellectual birth of a doctoral student, creating a background instead of riding on a background, moving towards doing cluster specialized doctoral theses, paying attention to the quality of research works, not their quantity, and specialized doctoral dissertations for tomorrow and future generations.

The aim of the research was to design and validate the model of the characteristics of Boundary Spanner faculty members in state universities. The research was conducted using the sequential-exploratory combined method. In the qualitative part, it was considered to identify the characteristics of Boundary Spanner faculty members in the public universities of Tehran. For this purpose, 15 faculty members of Tehran's public universities were selected and interviewed in a targeted manner and based on their Boundary Spanning experience. The interviews were analyzed using open, central and selective coding. By coding the interviews, 48 open codes and 9 central codes were identified and placed in three classes, and the names of the personal characteristics of the academic boundary spanner, the job characteristics of the academic boundary spanner and the organizational characteristics of the academic boundary spanner were chosen for these classes. In the quantitative part, the research sought to validate the model obtained from the qualitative part by designing a questionnaire and a quan titative survey. The statistical population of the research in this department was 2189 faculty members of technical-engineering faculties of Tehran state universities, and the sample size was determined using Cochran's formula to the number of 327 people and sampling was done by stratified-proportional random method. Data collection was done using a researcher-made 19-question questionnaire (resulting from the analysis of interviews in the qualitative section). The data were analyzed by confirmatory factor analysis methods. The findings showed; The factor loading of the dimension of personal characteristics of the academic boundary spanner is equal to 0.89, the factor loading of the dimension of the job characteristics of the academic boundary spanner is equal to 0.73, the factor loading of the dimension of the organizational characteristics of the academic boundary spanner is equal to 0.85, which according to the t value obtained at the level of 0.1 0 is significant. The fit indices of CFI=0.98, GFI=0.92, AGFI=90 and RMSEA=0.05 also showed that the measurement tool has good validity.

The aim of the current research was to evaluate the hidden factors affecting the mentality of university Faculty Members s in the evaluations of students at the end of the semester. The qualitative approach and evaluation research method of the situational assessment type was used to achieve this goal. The field of research included the Faculty Members s of Farhangian University of Kurdistan province in the academic year of 2021-2022, who were selected by a targeted and standardized sampling method. The selection criterion was a willingness to participate in the interview and having evaluation experience in the field of situational evaluation in the field of the research subject. The data collection tool was a semi-structured interview, and 11 people were selected with the criterion of saturation. The findings showed that these factors can be divided into eleven main themes and 83 categories. 1. The effect of classroom and educational content on the evaluation of Faculty Members s (25 categories). 2. Appearance characteristics of students in their final evaluation (4 categories). 3. Students' social class in Faculty Members s' evaluation of them (7 categories). 4. How students interact and deal with each other in Faculty Members s' final evaluation of students (3 categories). 5. The student's past performance in the current evaluation of the Faculty Members s of 6 categories. 6. The difference between the opinions of Faculty Members s and students in the evaluation of Faculty Members s (5 categories). 7. Grading of Faculty Members s based on Faculty Members s' points of view. (8 categories). 8. The effect of students' tone on Faculty Members s' mentality (8 categories). 9. Grading by Faculty Members s only to pass the desired course (5 categories). 10. The influence of students' gender on Faculty Members s' assessment of students (6 categories).

The aim of this study was to design and validate a conceptual model of barriers to international interactions of faculty members of Tabriz University and to examine its current status.  

The approach of this research is quantitative descriptive correlation and applied in terms of purpose. The statistical population of this research was 788 people, including all faculty members of Tabriz University in 1398. Using Cochran's formula and random sampling method, 259 people The sample title was selected and, a questionnaire was used. For data analysis, the first and second stage confirmatory factor analysis, one-sample t-test and Friedman test were used.

The findings of this study showed that all four dimensions of the barrier model. Individual, organizational, national and transnational  were confirmed and Friedman test and comparison of rank average showed that the most important obstacles , according to faculty members, are transnational barriers with average rank (3.38), barriers. An organization with an average rank(2.63), national obstacles with an average rank (2.44) and individual obstacles with an average rank (1.55).

Given that the international interactions of faculty members are one of the dimensions of the globalization of higher education and they lead to developing their scientific development and moving on the edge of knowledge, this survey can be concerned by the relevant policy makers regarding the development of international interactions of faculty members and the internationalization of higher education.

The primary aim of this article is to propose a model for enhancing social intelligence among faculty members of Farhangian University in Tehran. The research method employed is a mixed-method approach (qualitative-quantitative). In addition to documentary studies, the technique of thematic analysis using MAXQDA12 software was utilized to identify the dimensions and components. The statistical population in this research includes all experts in educational management, cultural management, human resource management, as well as experts in social psychology. Theoretical saturation was reached after conducting 20 interviews, each lasting between 75 to 120 minutes. In the end, basic, organizing, and overarching themes were extracted. In the quantitative section, to determine the current status and the contribution of dimensions and components, a developmental method using structural equation modeling (PLS software) was employed. Based on the semi-structured interviews, 55 indicators, 9 components, and 3 dimensions were identified for constitutive factors; 3 dimensions, 7 components, and 42 indicators for facilitating factors; and 3 dimensions, 6 components, and 17 indicators for inhibitory factors for enhancing social intelligence among the faculty members of Farhangian University in Tehran. According to the coefficients obtained from the structural equation modeling, the facilitating factors ranked first with a coefficient of 0.837, inhibitory factors ranked second with a coefficient of 0.808, and constitutive factors ranked third with a coefficient of 0.778. Finally, through internal validation using four dimensions (philosophy and objectives, theoretical foundations, evaluation system, executive mechanism), the model was confirmed by experts.

The purpose of the present research was to developing and validating the competency model of the faculty members of Farhangian University upon upstream documents.

This research has been conducted in terms of applied p urpose and mixed research method, qualitatively and quantitatively. The field of research in the qualitative part included the document of the fundamental transformation of education, the statement of the second step of the Islamic revolution and the regulation of the promotion of Farhangian University, which was analyzed in the form of a census as a sample. In the quantitative part, the statistical population was formed by the professors of Farhangian University of East Azarbaijan Province in 1402 in the number of 260 people, based on Morgan's table, the sample size was estimated to be 152 people and they were selected using available sampling method. The research tool is a 10-point scale questionnaire based on upstream documents. In order to analyze qualitative data using thematic analysis method, and to analyze quantitative data from single-sample T-tests, factor analysis using AMOS software was used for structural modeling and fit indices.

The findings of the research showed that the competency model of Farhangian University faculty members has 2 comprehensive themes of professional and basic competencies in the form of 6 educational and research dimensions, cultural and social, attitudinal, jihadist and revolutionary, ethics and spirituality, personality traits and 78 basic themes.

The results of this research can be used as a basis for creating desirable changes in measuring and improving competencies, self-development programs, professional development programs, and the development of continuous professional commitment of Farhangian University faculty members. Which will lead to the excellence of the country's teacher training system.

empowerment, faculty members, Allameh

Organizational silence, foundational data theory

Discipline of employees is a traditional concept of management that has continued in postmodern management approaches. There is no doubt that achieving the goals of work discipline in today's era requires a fundamental revision. In this regard, the current research was conducted with the aim of presenting and validating the discipline model of academic staff members. From the point of view of the purpose of this research, it is a basic research that was conducted with a mixed method. Also, in terms of the method and time frame of data collection, it is a survey-cross-sectional research. The statistical population of the qualitative section includes 17 experimental and theoretical experts in the field of study. In the quantitative section, the viewpoint of 70 faculty members has been used. The data collection tool is a semi-structured interview and a researcher-made questionnaire. For validation in the qualitative part of the research, the Holstein coefficient was used and calculated. The rate of agreement between the two coders between 10 and 20 percent of the data has been obtained in this method as 0.717, which is higher than 0.6, so the validity of the qualitative analysis of the research is confirmed. In order to validate the research questionnaire, content validity was also used and its validity was confirmed. The validity of the questionnaire was investigated with three methods of construct validity, convergent validity and divergent validity. The value of convergent validity for all research components was greater than 0.5. Also, the combined reliability and Cronbach's alpha of all research components were greater than 0.7 and the validity and reliability of the questionnaire was confirmed. Qualitative content analysis, structural-interpretive modeling and partial least squares were used for data analysis. The results showed that management behavior and work environment have a high power of influence and influence organizational climate and organizational justice through discipline training. These factors also significantly strengthen the culture of discipline in the organization. Finally, through the institutionalization of discipline culture, employee discipline can be increased.

The purpose of this study is to identify and prioritize the components of general human capital development of university faculty members.

To do this, a mixed method by qualitative-quantitative was used. The statistical population included all faculty members of universities and research institutes in Tehran, 13 of whom were selected through purpose sampling. Data obtained from semi-structured interviews with experts were analyzed by inductive content analysis and three-stage coding. Participant members' control method and peer feedback were used to ensure credibility. Also, to ensure reliability, the agreement method between the coders and Cohen's Kappa test were used. In the quantitative part, Shannon entropy method was used to determine the importance and priority of the obtained dimensions and components.

The results of the qualitative part of the research show 106 key indicators, and 17 axial dimensions in the form of five main components of general human capital development of faculty members, including; Improvement in the extent and appropriateness of cognitive competencies, improvement in the extent and appropriateness of meta cognitive competencies, improvement in the extent and appropriateness of bio-emotional competencies, improvement in the extent and appropriateness of communication-social competencies and improvement in the extent and appropriateness of Cultural and spiritual education competencies, were categorized and presented. Based on the results of Shannon entropy test, respectively, the main components of improvement in the amount and appropriateness of cognitive competencies, improvement in the extent and appropriateness of communication-social competencies, improvement in the extent and appropriateness of meta cognitive competencies, improvement in the extent and appropriateness of Bio-emotional competencies, and improvement in the extent and appropriateness of cultural and spiritual education competencies, were the first to fifth priorities in the development of the general human capital of the faculty members. Also, the component of cognitive human capital development had the highest priority and the component of cultural and spiritual education human capital development had the lowest priority. Theoretical framework of general human capital development of faculty members in the present study provides a suitable scientific tool for planning the human capital development of faculty members. In the end, based on the research achievements, appropriate suggestions were presented.

Educational justice is legally guaranteed for everyone without any discrimination, and governments are obliged to support educational justice and put it into practice. This issue has also been reflected in Iran's laws. The present research method is descriptive-correlational of structural equation type. The statistical population of the qualitative research is the elite teaching and research faculty members who were selected through interviews from 30 faculty members of Islamic Azad University branches in Mazandaran province. The quantitative part of the research was conducted using a researcher-made questionnaire administered to 280 people. SPSS 26 and PLS 3 were used for analysis. Using the coding method of qualitative content analysis based on interviews, identification and classification were done. Using structural equation modeling, the effectiveness weights have been obtained. The results showed that all the components of educational justice were identified and their significance was confirmed in the study, and the model of educational justice in Iranian law was explained by examining the themes and concepts. Also, the results show that the justice of education in Iran's legal system is not flawless but requires careful review and modification

Visual literacy is the ability to identify information needs, as well as to search & find information, interpret and analyze the information presented in the form of visual materials and media. This study was aimed to survey the status of Visual literacy of faculty members of the Islamic Azad University of Hamedan.

This is a descriptive survey. Statistical population includes all faculty members of Hamedan Islamic Azad University; i.e. 245, out of whom 148 people were chosen using Morgan and Kerjsi table with simple random method. The measurement tool was a 24-item researcher-made questionnaire. The content validity method was Face validity and Cronbach's alpha test (0.941) was used for reliability.

Faculty members have enough visual literacy skills (nearly 69.4 %). Moreover, they show visual concept: 72.4 %, access and exploring: 69.8 % , interpretation of meanings: 6.70 %, image evaluation: 68.2 %, effective use of images: 68.4 %, design and create images: 66% and scientific ethics :72/6 %.

Scientific ethics in visual literacy was top priority for faculty members, then come discovery, access and exploration, assessing the effective use of images, and design and creation of images respectively.

Education is a process that is influenced by various factors in this process. The instructor (professor), educable (student), official organization, rules governing education, and teaching methods are important and effective components in education. Therefore, it can be said that any progress derives from the efficient and correct educational system of societies, and this depends on a number of factors, including changing teaching practices and patterns and planning to use new and active methods. Research has shown that the most important variable in the success of learners is the quality of the educator. Because the professor has a great impact on the teaching-learning process with all his personality, scientific and educational indicators. Increasing global demand for higher education on the one hand and paradigm changes in the health, economic and technology fields and the emergence of macro tendencies on the other hand has distance education from its traditional and ordinary form and has made it a coercion from choice. Distance education is the newest form of training that In addition to using comprehensive-based methods of electronic tools or web -based training programs. Therefore, the efficient and correct educational system depends on several factors. Research has shown that the most important variable in the success of learners is the quality of the educators' work. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to explain the views of experts on the factors affecting the quality of teaching in the faculty members the distance education. Therefore, unlike previous research, it was attempted to address the issue with a new approach and to use a paradigm model of effective factors in improving the quality of teaching in the faculty members of distanced education system. Therefore, given the limitations mentioned in previous studies, the present study,