Pathology of research barriers in the field of educational management using data foundation theory

The first step in organizing research in society is to gain a proper understanding of the available facilities and to identify the strengths, weaknesses and obstacles facing research. The present study was conducted to identify barriers to research in the field of educational management. In this study, a qualitative research method based on data foundation theory based on the Strauss-Corbin model was used and semi-structured interviews with 18 professors and experts in the field of educational management were continued by purposeful sampling method until theoretical saturation was achieved. In order to ensure the validity of the tool, the opinions of educational management experts were used and to ensure the reliability of the data, the non-participating elite review method was used. After three stages of open, axial and selective coding, the results of data analysis around the paradigm model, eight general categories were extracted that look at the most important obstacles to research in the field of educational management. These barriers are economic barriers, barriers related to the specialized field of educational management with the category of discipline specialization, individual barriers related to weak research capability, barriers related to access to research information, structural and administrative barriers, motivational and attitude barriers of the researcher, physical barriers And hardware and cultural and social barriers. According to the results regarding research barriers, it can be said that the existence of these barriers has reduced the quality of research in the field of educational management. Facilitating access to facilities, providing financial resources and allocating appropriate budgets, reforming the rules and regulations of research processes, motivating and changing the attitude of society towards research can be an effective step towards the quantitative and qualitative development of research in the field of educational management.