Creative Pattern of Transparency with an Emphasis on Good Governance for Policy Maker Organizations in Iran

Globalization and new information technologies provide benefits for organizations, however, it can be useful through transparent governance.

The main aim was to design a creative pattern of transparency with an emphasis on good governance in policymaker organizations.

It was a mixed methodology in data type and fundamental research in terms of purpose. Qualitative data collection through Delphi interview questions was done, with targeted sampling and the statistical population of all senior managers, specialists, and policymakers (33 people). In the quantitative part, it was performed with all middle managers, executives, and organizational experts (432 people) through random stratified and cluster sampling by researcher-made survey questionnaires. The content validity and Cronbach alpha reliability were employed. Data were analyzed through descriptive and inferential statistics including factor analysis, and structural equations.

The results indicated that transparency was the most important dimension including, 2 components of objective and subjective value, 3 subcomponents, and 13 indicators. In organizations, people pay more attention to transparency as an objective value

The findings presented a new pattern that results in good governance based on transparency. The managers' attitude is less sensitive to the subjective value of transparency. In policymaker organizations, people should pay more attention to the subjective value of transparency.