Management Studies in Development and Evolution

Identifying the components of the model of improving the mindfulness of managers in Iran's government organizations

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Mehri Baharvandi 1
Mohammadreza Jaberansari 2
Seyed Mehdi Alvani 3
Mohammad Hakak 4

1 Ph.D. Student Department of Management, Bborujerd Branch. Iislmic Aazad Univerdity, Bborijerd, Iran

2 Assistant Professor, Department of Public Administration, Borujerd Branch, Islamic Azad University, Borujerd, Iran

3 Emeritus Professor, Department of Public Administration, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran

4 Associate Professor, Department of Management, Lorestan University, Khorramabad, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22054/jmsd.2023.73756.4318
Abstract
The purpose of this research was to identify the components of improving the mindfulness of‎ managers in Iran's government organizations. The current research method is mixed (qualitative and quantitative). In the qualitative part, 20 people were selected using a targeted method, and in the quantitative part, 300 people were selected using the table of Karjesi and Morgan (1970). The data collection tool in the qualitative part is in-depth and unstructured interviews, and in the quantitative part, a researcher-made questionnaire with a reliability coefficient of 0.92Is. To analyze the data in the qualitative part, the data has been used using the microscopic method during three stages of open, central and selective coding with the help of MAXQDA2020 software and in the quantitative part with the help of SPSS and Smart PLS software. The findings of the research show that this model is in the form of 26 main categories and 180 variables, including the promotion of managers' awareness in government organizations as the core or main category of the model; Causal variables (threatening stimuli, encouraging stimuli, feelings and emotions, abilities); contextual variables; Intervening; and finally consequence categories (attention and concentration, awareness of experiences, awareness and transformational management) were placed.

Keywords

Mindfulness
managers
government organizations
managers' mindfulness
Subjects
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  • Receive Date 09 May 2023
  • Revise Date 11 November 2023
  • Accept Date 12 November 2023

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