Explaining the concept of organizational participation and presenting an evaluation model of Iranian public organizations

Subject Areas : Public Policy In Administration

adel salavati ¹ (public management,faculty of humanities,azad university of sanandaj,iran)
kumars ahmadi ² (public management,faculty of humanities,azad islamic university,sanandaj branch,iran)
mansuor irandoost ³ (public management,faculty of humanities,azad islamic university,sanandaj branch)
keramat allah afkhami ⁴ (public management,faculty of humanities,azad islamic university,sanandaj,iran)

Received: 2019-10-28 Accepted : 2019-12-30 Published : 2020-07-22

Keywords: Empowerment, Organizational participation, Participatory Democracy, Job Involvement, engagement,

Abstract :

Background: Scientists conducted various studies and programs to attract staff to participate in organizational affairs but the main challenge is studies do not overlap each other, the practical evaluation of participatory performance is difficult, not a common understanding of the precise concept of partnership.the lack of comprehensive system for evaluating organizational participation. Objective: The aim is presenting an evaluation model of participation in public organizations. Method: This is exploratory ,descriptive and applied,data obtained qualitatively, based on the Grounded Theory, at a specific time from Interview with Elites, Governmental Personnel and Officials.The relations and aspects identified by MAXQDA Software and an evaluation model was presented. Results:In the Open Coding Process, 1075 Conceptual code was Identified and converging of them in the Axial Coding,resulted in 13 Categories includes:The concept,Scope,Causal Conditions,Contextual Conditions,Intervening Conditions, Environmental Conditions,Strategy,Process ,Form, Outcomes ,Evaluation and Organizational participation System. The concept of Organizational participation system as a Central Phenomenon was selected and the dimensions and specifications were identified and explained.Finally based on Aristotle's four causes namely: Casual, Ultimate, Formal and Material, a model of organizational participation evaluation was presented. Conclusion:This model contributes to Systematically evaluating of partnerships and uses feedback to continually improve participation in public organizations