Designing a model for Iranian public sector organizations performance management; The leadership as a driver

Models for public sector organizations performance management have ignored the role of leadership. In other words, there is no consistency between leadership in performance management models and its concept in the theoretical foundations of organizational behavior management. Thus, this research aims to design a model for Iranian public sector organizations performance management with an emphasis on leadership as a driver. The methodology of this research is design science. First, 240 literature sources on performance management (at the organizational level) and leadership were reviewed, classified and thematically analyzed. The same process was followed for semi-structured interviews with experts. Experts were selected by snowball sampling technique according to scientific, experimental and perceptual conditions. Then, using thematic analysis, a new performance management model based on leadership as a driver was designed. The proposed model categorized the components into three levels: ten elements for the first level (performance management main components) and at the second and third levels, leadership consists of 3 dimensions and 14 sub-components, respectively: leadership traits (5 sub-components), leadership behaviors (5 sub-components), context in the form of leadership neutralizers and substitutes (4 sub-components). It is necessary to pay attention to these components in the Iranian public sector organizations PM model.