Presenting and validating the model of prevention of procrastination among employees of Islamic Azad University

The purpose of the current research was to present and validate the model of prevention of Islamic Azad University employees' procrastination, which was carried out using the qualitative method of phenomenology. In order to identify the employees of Islamic Azad University who are procrastinating, first all the employees of Islamic Azad University in the year (98-99) were considered, then Using the multi-stage cluster random sampling method, 384 people were selected for preliminary investigation, and by implementing Takman's procrastination questionnaire (1991) on these people, 25 people were finally identified as eligible for this research. The research tool was a semi-structured interview, and the data reached theoretical saturation up to the number of 15 people. Data analysis was done based on the 7-step method of Claisey. To measure the validity of the data, two methods of review of participants and review of non-participating experts were used in the research. The revealed findings were 179 extracted key phrases (primary concepts), 292 secondary concepts (first category), 32 secondary concepts (second category) and 3 main concepts (dimensions). In order to confirm the reliability of the qualitative findings, a scale with a 3-option spectrum was used to measure the content validity ratio (Lavache coefficient estimation) and in order to ensure the reliability of the qualitative findings, the Holstein reliability coefficient was estimated at 0.97. The findings showed that the employee procrastination prevention model consists of 3 main dimensions including organizational dimension (with 14 components), individual dimension (with 15 components) and social dimension (with 3 components).