Develop a model for the work engagement of faculty members with a grounded theory

In today's organizations, human resources are the main key to success, and one of the motivational components of the quality of human resources is the concept of job passion. The career enthusiasm of faculty members is one of the most fundamental aspects of improving the quality of university education. The purpose of this research is to develop a model for the job enthusiasm of faculty members of Islamic Azad Universities in Kurdistan province.

This research is of applied and qualitative research type with a foundational data approach. The studied population included faculty members of the Islamic Azad Universities of Kurdistan Province, and 25 experts and professors were selected for interviews through purposive sampling. The data was collected through interviews and in a semi-structured way. To measure the reliability and validity of the data, two methods of reviewing participants and reviewing non-participating experts were used. Data analysis was done by coding in three stages, open, central and selective.

The main topic of the current research is the career passion of faculty members, which was examined in four dimensions: personal, professional, educational and social. Also, according to the causal conditions, contextual conditions, and intervening conditions, the necessary strategies were formulated, and their individual, organizational, and social consequences were calculated, and based on them, the final model was extracted.

Based on this model, management programs, policies and regulations, and financial and economic conditions should be considered as the causal conditions of job enthusiasm. Based on this, a supportive atmosphere for faculty members, organizational culture, and management style of the university, as background conditions, as well as the creation of a job enthusiasm centre, organizational structural stability and organizational justice should be emphasized by managers and trustees of higher education as strategies for faculty members' job enthusiasm.