Qualitative study of the development and change of organizational culture and identification of its leverage points with the approach to reforming work ethic (Case study: Government agencies of Golestan Privince)

Subject Areas : Journal of Iranian Social Development Studies

Mojtaba Ranjabar ¹ (Ph.D. student, Department of Government Management- Human Resources, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran)
Akbar Akbar Etenbariyan Khorasgani ² (Assistant Professer, Department of Management, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran)
Mehraban Hadi Peykani ³ (Assistant Professer, Department of Management, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran)

Received: 2017-11-21 Accepted : 2017-12-16 Published : 2007-12-22

Keywords: Golestan Province, development, organizational culture, Work Ethic, governmental organizations,

Abstract :

The purpose of this study was to identify the leverage points of its organizational culture with the approach to reforming the work ethic and designing its development model and its transformation into governmental organizations of Golestan province. The type of qualitative research and research method was grounded theory. The statistical population of the study consisted of 17 managers of governmental organizations in Golestan province. Data were gathered using interviews and information required for research. The findings were carried out in three stages: 1. open coding, 2. Axial coding, 3.Selective coding. Finding: 73 concepts were extracted from the interviews and divided into 7 main categories around the work ethics. The result of the research showed that the first category, the strategic approach to the reform of work ethics, (0.600), the second category, the management of the values of the organization (0.446); the third category, the management of the change (0.505); the fourth category, The transformational leadership skills (0.729); the fifth category the sponsoring staff (0.618); the sixth category, The knowledge and information management (0.730); and the seventh category, the proportional organization (0.664), each one has the highest and the least coefficient of path toward the consequences of reforming work ethic.