فصلنامه پژوهش های مدیریت منابع سازمانی
سال نهم شماره 3 (پیاپی 35، پاییز 1398)

IT governance is the ability to direct and organize information technology and identify the responsibilities between IT and business align with the organizational goals. This research intends to "survey the mediating role of operational coordination in the effect of strategy alignment on IT governance maturity”. The statistical population in the qualitative sector includes the IT experts and in the quantitative part is the senior managers of the IT and business departments of TCI. This study is an applied-developmental purpose and it is descriptive-survey in nature as well. The data collection tools are library resources, interviews, and a researcher-made questionnaire whose content validity has been verified by experts. The innovation of this study is to introduce the variable "Operational coordination" that leads to objectification of the "IT-Business strategy alignment” in order to realize the IT governance maturity. The research model was designed in two dimensions as a combination of Loftman's strategy alignment and business process management methodology (including 10 key components and 55 indicators). Its content validity and reliability were confirmed by experts using Cronbach's alpha coefficient (0.936). Structural validity, structure and fit of the model were investigated by using structural equation modeling with SmartPLS software and the research hypotheses were tested. The results showed that the effects of both strategy alignment and operational coordination variables on the IT governance maturity were positive and significant. The Sobel test results also confirmed the mediating role of variable operational coordination in the effect of strategy alignment on IT governance maturity.

Tacit knowledge of startup entrepreneurs is sharable and will improve in a mutual process of co-learning and sharing. This process plays the key role in launching a new business, but it is happen seldom among startup entrepreneurs’ because they are so sensitivity to their startups ideas. As the research goal is to identify factors affecting knowledge sharing among startup entrepreneurs’, we have selected a methodology of narrative cased study. In this qualitative research in order to collect information, we have conducted a deep semi-structured interviews with 18 knowledge aspirants’ startup entrepreneurs (11 male and 7 female; including 13 IT startups and 5 other services entrepreneurs). Coding, categorizing, and analyzing verbal evidences of startup entrepreneurs’ interviews, has been conducted by ATLAS.ti. Software. Research findings showed in an integrated design of triplet factors affecting sharing knowledge among startup entrepreneurs; (1) individual factors (including personal beliefs and motives, connecting with social networks, interpersonal communication skills, trust, fear of sharing, awareness of knowledge sources, and family), (2) Organizational factors (leadership style, strategy, technology, motivation and reward system, organizational rules, culture and structure) and (3) environmental factors (industry national environment, business national environment, industry international environment and business specific environment such as customers and competitors relations.

Networked collaborations have become a critical approach to enhance providing quality service in health care systems. The use of collaboration structures and coordination mechanisms as a desirable governance model is essential for the success of network collaboration. There are different factors influencing designing good network governance models in health care networks. Considering the importance of these factors in designing the governance model, the comprehensive review of factors out of the network control has not yet been addressed. The aim of this paper is to identify the factors that are out of network control and influencing designing a good network governance model in health care systems.We apply a systematic literature review (SLR) to identify the intended factors. During searching for studies associated with our research question in the WEB OF SCIENCE database as a comprehensive database, the 1500 publications resulted. Screening resulted publications basis of title fitness with inclusion and conclusion criteria led to the 150 articles. Final screening the 150 articles basis of abstract and conclusion led to the 11 final articles that the 15 pieces of evidence were extracted from them. After synthesizing the extracted evidences for achieving an integrated view of them led to the 4 classes with the 15 components. In this regard, the environmental requirements, the level of government intervention in the health system, the nature of policies and interventions in the health system, as well as the rates of referrals in health networks were identified as the most important factors outside the network control. Network governance will succeed if the influencing factors are taken into account in designing it.

Despite the important role of a university employees in attaining university and higher education objectives, the motivational factors for university employees has not received enough attention. This study aims at developing a model for university employees’ motivation and prioritizing the programs for improving the employees’ motivation at Imam Sadiq (as) University. It is an applied study using mix methods. The qualitative study was conducted using thematic analysis and the quantitative one was conducted using descriptive-survey method. Confirmatory factor analysis by Smart PLS software was used to assess the fitness of the proposed model. Importance-performance analysis technique was applied in order to prioritize the practices and programs related to improving the employees’ motivation.Based on the thematic analysis, 125 basic themes, 25 organizing themes and 8 global themeshave been extracted. The proposed model has eight dimensions: university’s orientation, organizational climate, leadership, compensation, HR functions and Proccesses, work environment, co-workers and job factors. Managers of universities should concentrate on the recognized factors offered in the proposed model. Results of the quantitative data analysis show that the proposed model has good fitness. Also, priorities of Imam Sadiq(as) University for improving the empoyees’ motivation include: cash payments, professional developments and job security, university managers’ employee oriented behavior, financial aids and university managers’ personal attributes, recruitment and performance management.

The main objective of this study is to provide an appropriate conceptual model for better explanation the relationship between alliance management capability and firm performance with introducing mediator variables focusing on two views of resource-based view and dynamic capability.In this research, in conceptualizingalliance management capability in order to better adapt it to environmental changes, it has been used from the view of dynamic capability and to explain how it affects firm performance, two mediator variables (effective resource sharing and joint development of knowledge and capabilities) are defined focusing on the resource-based view.In order to test the suggested model of research and its related hypotheses, structural equation modeling with partial least squares approach has been used.The results of testing the proposed research model which has been done in 79 strategic alliances in the air defense industriesusing questionnaires, confirm the validity and reliability of the proposed model and all the hypotheses considered. According to the results of this research, a firm in order to be able to continuously absorb and develop its resources and capabilities through inter-organizational alliance, should first institutionalize and integrate the processes and routines associated with the four sub-capabilities reflecting the alliance management capability (alliance proactiveness, alliance coordination,  alliance learning, and alliance transformation) and by using the generated capability, establish a widespread and continuous collaborations with its partners on the effective sharing of complementary resources and joint development of new and exclusive knowledge and capabilities. Also, the measurement scales and indicators provided in this study can be a good reference for managers to develop this capability in their organizations.

One of the pillars of Iran administrative system reform roadmap and macro-administrative policies is development of e-government and administrative intelligence to facilitate service delivery to the public. So, this paper aims to provide a comprehensive model for introducing Smart Organization. It is conducted by qualitative approach framework using grounded theory method. To this end, 17 faculty members and experts in field of organization and management were selected using theoretical sampling method and in-depth and semi-structured interviews were conducted. Data were analysed in three stages of open, axial and selective coding. Thus 230 initial codes, 72 concepts and 17 categories were extracted. Then, the Delphi method was used to validate the model and 31 people were selected by snowball sampling based on their academic, research or executive in organization and management. A questionnaire based on model components was provided to them. The consensus index increased in the three rounds, so that the Kendall coefficient in the third round was higher than 0.7, indicating a strong consensus among the experts on the model components. Data analysis showed that inside and outside of the organization factors are causal factors; information technology, intelligent management, knowledge management, human capital, equipment and infrastructure, organizational structure and learning organization are contextual factors; developmental culture, trust, commitment, and organizational justice are interfering factors; Information technology governance and knowledge management are strategies for smart organization that have inside and outside of the organizational consequences.

Evaluation and measuring performance causes smart system and motivatedindividuals to showthe right behavior, and this is a main part in designing and implementation of organizational policies. Evaluation performance describesproductivity activities and organizationplans. Identifying performance indicators to guide the organization toward long-term goals is vital in acomplexbusiness condition. In this study the limitations of performance metrics and strategies assessedby the Balanced Score card and Analytical Process Network and Game theory as means to increase the effectiveness. As the case of the study, Tehran Municipal Region 4 shows Quantification of factors affecting success of an organization using Paired comparison preferences and affiliations of these factors using Analytical Process Network.Adopting this model helps organizations regarding the issues discussed. In addition, with the approach of group games in game theory, any aspect of the Balanced Score Card considered as a player and value of each player's shapedcoalition was determined. Finally, with regard to the values obtained, the best strategy combination selected and suggested.

Although the role of women in labor market has increased dramatically in recent years, the share of women from top organizational levels is still very low in comparison with their male colleague worldwide. One explanation for this situation and lowerfemale count in managerial positions is the existence of gender stereotypes about women, which is in conflict with the stereotypes of management and leadership. The purpose of this study is to identify the antecedents of stereotypical attitudes toward females in management positions in Iran.Data gathering tool was semi-structured interview. The open coding method has been used to analyze content of the interviews and to identify concepts and categories. Statistical population of this study consisted of university experts with expertise in human resource management, organizational behavior management, sociology and womenstudies. Fourteen interviews were conducted using purposeful sampling and snowball technique. The results of the study identified 23 concepts and 11 categories as the antecedents of gender stereotypical attitudetowardsfemales in management.