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  1 - Faculty members’ Competencies for achieving the academic mission : A reflection from the perceptions and expectations of doctoral students
  Ghasem Salimi elham heydari fahime keshavarzi
  The evolution of future universities highly depends on the current initiatives, policies and professional faculty development programs. This study is an attempt to examine the expected faculty members’ competencies for the next decade from doctoral students’ viewpoint. More

  The evolution of future universities highly depends on the current initiatives, policies and professional faculty development programs. This study is an attempt to examine the expected faculty members’ competencies for the next decade from doctoral students’ viewpoint. The studied sample consisted of full-time doctoral students of Shiraz University in the academic year of 92-93 214 students were randomly selected according to their gender and fields of study for the survey. The research instrument was a questionnaire constructed by the researcher. The results showed that according to doctoral students, the most expected competency on the part of faculty members in the following decade, would be research competency, however, currently their teaching competency is more favorable than others. Furthermore, this study revealed a huge gap between the current and the desired situations as far as teaching, research, counseling services and collaborative with colleagues competencies are concerned. A significant correlation was found between the different dimensions of faculty members’ competencies. This study can inspire the policy-makers of professional faculty development at Iranian universities by the suggestions offered finally. Manuscript profile
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  2 - Structural Equation Modeling of Spiritual Leadership on Entrepreneurship and Development of Faculty Members: The Effect mediator of Organizational Learning
  sadeg maleki Avarsin
  Abstract The purpose of this study was to measure the causal relationships between spiritual leadership and Entrepreneurship and Development of Faculty Members with the role of mediator of organizational learning in units of Islamic Azad University of West Azarbaijan. T More

  Abstract The purpose of this study was to measure the causal relationships between spiritual leadership and Entrepreneurship and Development of Faculty Members with the role of mediator of organizational learning in units of Islamic Azad University of West Azarbaijan. The research methodology was applied in terms of applied purpose and based on the nature and method of conducting an effective type of descriptive-correlation research, The statistical population of all full-time professors was 13 units of 695 people in 1397. The sample size from Morgan's 263 people table was selected. The comparative sampling method was used to For data collection, four standard questionnaires Fry spiritual leadership, chopany Entrepreneurship gronae development  and the Neife organizational learning, were used The content and structure validity of the questionnaires were confirmed and the reliability of their Cronbach's alpha was appropriate in the preliminary and final stages. Data analysis with confirmatory factor analysis and PLS3 software showed that the t-statistic for all path coefficients was greater than 1.96, indicating The meaning of path coefficients is. Therefore, the research hypotheses confirm that the research model has a good fit.     Manuscript profile
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  3 - Investigation on Faculty Members’ Competency Model in Virtual Environment Comment by the Faculty Members and Students (Based on Ormaner’s Model)
  maghsod farasatkhah مریم  فرهنگی
  Virtual university, offering an appropriate model for its creation and e-Learning realization, is a significant issue that should be considered seriously by managers and higher education administrative. Higher education system, through virtual university development not More

  Virtual university, offering an appropriate model for its creation and e-Learning realization, is a significant issue that should be considered seriously by managers and higher education administrative. Higher education system, through virtual university development not only could enhance the accessibility of people who interested in learning regardless of time and place constraints but also could full fill the issues such as developments of new strategies on leaning, representing the distinguished course materials, employed the outstanding faculty members, teaching and learning based on individuals ability, augmentation on effectiveness, increase the individual responsibility in learning (student base), learners society realizations and research association establishment. An attempt have been made to investigate the faculty members’ competencies in virtual environment. Considering a descriptive correlation type model and presenting a conceptual model four quarries utilized in order to assessing the model which Mehralborz university choose for field study and evaluating the practical results and their implementations. The questionnaire choose for purpose of data gathering which is checked and verified for validity and reliability and the produced results assessed in two stages. Using the check lists the most adapted competencies with model determined and by using three underlying factors they categorized in three groups. On the second stage, considering the competency discriminations the questionnaire handed out among the faculty members (all these people are working in the field of e-learning) and they gathered for analysis after questionnaires complementation. The results show that there is a significant correlation coefficient between the faculty members’ competency factors in virtual environment. Furthermore the dimensions and competency’s factor as well as students and teachers approach were examined and these two approaches were prioritized. Manuscript profile
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  4 - Designing and validating the quality management model of research activities of faculty members of universities
  majid darabi
  The main purpose of this article is to design and validate a model for managing the quality of research activities of university faculty members. This research has been done in the framework of a qualitative and quantitative approach; For this purpose, in the qualitativ More

  The main purpose of this article is to design and validate a model for managing the quality of research activities of university faculty members. This research has been done in the framework of a qualitative and quantitative approach; For this purpose, in the qualitative stage, 14 experts in the field of academic research quality were purposefully selected with a theoretical sampling strategy and interviewed in a semi-structured manner. Thematic analysis technique (theme) was used to analyze the data. After implementing the content of the interviews and their preliminary analysis, the codes or basic concepts were identified and in order to achieve the main categories, similar codes were placed in special categories. Finally, for each category, a title was selected that includes all the codes of that category. As a result of this study, the model of quality management of research activities of university faculty members was identified, which according to academic research experts, includes the dimensions of bedrock, policies and missions, planning, support / incentive systems, and the dimension of evaluation and monitoring. Are that the sum of them in the pattern is 25 components. The results of quantitative data analysis showed that the research sample evaluated the quality management model of research activities of university faculty members at the desired level and recognized the existence of these dimensions and their related components as important and important. Validation of the model designed in the research sample showed that all observable variables have a suitable factor load on their latent variable and according to PLS indicators have the necessary desirability to measure their corresponding latent variable. Also, the findings of the goodness of fit test and other quality indicators of the model showed that the proposed model of quality management model of research activities of faculty members of universities has the necessary quality and fit. Manuscript profile
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  5 - Pathology of the pattern of professional ethic
  فرحناز مشایخ fariba karimi badri shahtalebi
  The aim of presented article is to pathologize the professional ethic of University faculty mem-bers of all over Iran. This research has done by qualitative method and by use of qualitative con-tent analysis. Data has done by deep interview technic and theoretical satu More

  The aim of presented article is to pathologize the professional ethic of University faculty mem-bers of all over Iran. This research has done by qualitative method and by use of qualitative con-tent analysis. Data has done by deep interview technic and theoretical saturation criterion among 12 professional ethic experts whome they have book, article or research in this filed. All inter-views recorded and written simultaneously and at the end analyzed by content analysis method. Data strength confirmed by participants and researchers. For determine the validity use audit validity or controlled by interviewees. Also to determine the reliability, the interviews text has given to 5 educational management experts with PH.D degree to coding the interviews text and at last the results compare to each other. Finding consist of 119 conceptual code. That categorized in 3 main concepts and different secondary concepts . Main concepts consist A: individual factors:(with 4 secondary concepts consist of ethic conceptualize with 8 conceptual code, personality with 9 conceptual codes and skills with 10 conceptual codes). B: organizational factors:(with secondary concept, organizational structure consist of 13 conceptual codes, recruit-ment & keep with 19 conceptual codes ,organizational culture with 16 conceptual codes, mana-gement and leadership with 4 conceptual codes, job ethics with 8conceptual ethics and surveil-lance and control with 4 conceptual codes has reached ). C: transorganizational factors :( secon-dary factors ; economical factors with 16 conceptual codes and social culture with 7 conceptual codes and policy making with 10 conceptual codes). Manuscript profile
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  6 - Knowledge Acquisition Model of Faculty Members' Experiences Case Study: Imam Hussein Comprehensive University
  سیدشکور  عطائی Saied Ziaadin Ghazizadeh Fard
  Universities are major centers of production and distribution of knowledge, in the current era, knowledge is a key source and is an important asset in organizations. With respect to rapid knowledge production and environmental changes, knowledge acquisition is one of th More

  Universities are major centers of production and distribution of knowledge, in the current era, knowledge is a key source and is an important asset in organizations. With respect to rapid knowledge production and environmental changes, knowledge acquisition is one of the best ways of matching with these changes for universities. On the other hand, the faculties with more experiences are almost retired; of course, these members have a lot of knowledge along with experiences in various fields of education, research, scientific management and administration management. Acquisition, storing, and distribution of this valuable information are worthy and helpful. This article is a result of a research work to provide a suitable model for the acquisition of knowledge from experiences of faculty members. To accomplish this, in addition to the library research method, field research method is also used in Imam Hussein Comprehensive University. In this paper, knowledge acquisition model of faculties’ experiences is presented with descriptive - survey method and with practical approach. To validate the proposed model, a questionnaire that researcher had designed, distributed between 35 experts of Imam Hussein Comprehensive University. After collecting questionnaires, the software spss calculated Cronbach's alpha equal to 85.1. Then statistical methods used to analyze the data, it has been inferred that the final results indicated that the steps of model are approved Manuscript profile
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  7 - Stuyding the relationship between assertiveness and empathy of faculty members who have managerial positions (case study:Valiasr university of Rafsanjan)
  marzieh kahnooji
  Objective: the main goal of the present research is to study the relationship between assertiveness and empathy of faculty members who have managerial positions. Method: this is a correlative-applied research. statistical population of the research includes all faculty More

  Objective: the main goal of the present research is to study the relationship between assertiveness and empathy of faculty members who have managerial positions. Method: this is a correlative-applied research. statistical population of the research includes all faculty members with managerial positions in academic year 2015-2016 in Valiasr University of Rafsanjan. The number of them is 61 persons. The statistical population has been studied as the sample. Data were gathered by standard questionnaires of assertiveness (Gambrel & Richy) and empathy (Davis). Data were analyzed by descriptive and infrential statistics.Findings: results of data analysis suggest that there is no significant relationship between managers’ assertiveness and viewpoint and between amount of imagination and empathetic attention and there is relationship between managers’ assertiveness and personal distress.Conclusion: results of the research suggest that there is no relationship between assertiveness of faculty members with managerial positions and dimensions of empathy. Therefore, it is necessary to pay attention strictly to these dimensions in behaviors of managers. It is recommended that managers are chosen more accurately by holding educational periods, related workshops and more scientific selections. Manuscript profile
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  8 - Identifying the Model and Designing the Competencies of the Faculty Members of Universities and Higher Education Institutions of Iran: A Qualitative Study
  Hedieh Mohabbat Kurosh Fathi Vajargah Parivash Jaafari
  faculty members are considered as key factors in universities and higher education institutions. Future developments of universities also depend on the competencies, innovations and professional development programs of faculty members. The present study aims to investig More

  faculty members are considered as key factors in universities and higher education institutions. Future developments of universities also depend on the competencies, innovations and professional development programs of faculty members. The present study aims to investigate the model and competencies of faculty members in the framework of qualitative approach and content analysis. The research population is composed of all the professors and higher education students in Iran’s universities. Sampling, similar to most sampling types in qualitative studies, is a purposive one, through a criterion and network sampling strategies. The number of informants, based on the principle of saturation in qualitative studies, is 23 who come from diverse universities and institutes. Semi- structured interviews were employed to gather the data, which subsequently were analyzed in several stages using the thematic analysis method. The validity of the analyses was ensured by peer audit and peer debriefing. Results indicated that the competencies of faculty members in six dimensions of educational, research, organizational, ethical, individual and professional competencies and 44 subspecialties were classified. Manuscript profile
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  9 - Representing the Obstacles and Challenges in Growth and Empowerment of Newly-hired Faculty Members: A Phenomenological study
  Majaid  Ghasemi Keyvan Salehi
  The most important sustainable development strategies in pioneer and top universities in the field of knowledge production is contriving for optimal activity of newly-hired faculty members. For this purpose, the present research attempted to study the challenges and bar More

  The most important sustainable development strategies in pioneer and top universities in the field of knowledge production is contriving for optimal activity of newly-hired faculty members. For this purpose, the present research attempted to study the challenges and barriers of growth and empowerment of newly-hired faculty members. A qualitative approach with phenomenological method was applied to conduct this research and state universities of Tehran were considered as the research environment. There was an attempt to interview the subjects who have necessary experience and understanding of the concept of the phenomenon under study and have necessary awareness of shortcomings and challenges of the research topics. Thus, sampling was conducted purposively of ccriterion type that after the eleventh interview theoretical saturation was achieved, however, for accreditation to the findings, interviews were continued until the fifteenth person. Interviews were carried out through forms of "in person", "by telephone" and "Letter”. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews technique and were analyzed with open and axial coding method. The results identified two factors of growth, empowerment, and mental health in faculty members. The challenges of growth and empowerment were categorized as: Lack of transparency and notification for promotion; absence of kindergartens and nursery care for masters and staffs’ children; not providing appropriate services; space problems and improper management of space and poor support management; high-volume work with indecent benefits and advantages. On the subject of mental health, three categories were recognized: burnout due to high volume of presented modules; concern of contracting for research projects with organizations and being under pressure to publish an ISI article for 2-year contract extension. Manuscript profile
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  10 - Exploring the Interaction between Mentor & Mentee in Mentoring of New Hired Faculty Members of Universities: Qualitative Approach
    kourosh Fathi Vajargah Abasalt khorasani behrooz ghlichlee
  This study explored the interventions between mentor & mentee in mentoring of new hired faculty members of universities. This research is a qualitative study. Hence, 20 professors and key informants of faculty mentoring were selected purposefully by criterion sampling s More

  This study explored the interventions between mentor & mentee in mentoring of new hired faculty members of universities. This research is a qualitative study. Hence, 20 professors and key informants of faculty mentoring were selected purposefully by criterion sampling strategy. the data were analyzed thematically. To establish credibility of findings, member check and peer debriefing strategies were used and data were modified and reanalyzed continuously. Finding showed that the interaction strategies between mentor and mentee in mentoring of new hired faculty members are 3 categories which included: first interventions, learning-teaching interventions (developmental interventions) and feedback interventions. Manuscript profile
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  11 - Studying the Challenges of Faculty Development Programs at Shahid Beheshti University
  Bahar Bandali Mahmood Abolghasemi MohammadHassan Pardakhtchi Morteza Rezaeizadeh
  Paying attention to faculty development programs is one of the strategies to enhance the quality of universities. For this reason, universities try to offer various faculty development programs. Faculty members, however, have not welcomed such programs, as expected. Thu More

  Paying attention to faculty development programs is one of the strategies to enhance the quality of universities. For this reason, universities try to offer various faculty development programs. Faculty members, however, have not welcomed such programs, as expected. Thus, finding the reasons needs researches and studies. Therefore, the current study seeks to identify the weaknesses of faculty development programs from academic staffs’ viewpoints. Using a phenomenological and qualitative design, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 29 lecturers at Shahid Beheshti University. The transcribed interviews were coded in 3 stages using the Strauss and Corbin framework. As a result of this study, 14 weaknesses in the current FD programs were identified, as follows: “negligence in different dimensions of faculty development”, “lack of needs assessment”, “negligence in intrinsic motivators”, “negligence in individual differences”, “low frequency and quantity of programs”, “inflexible schedules”, “weak promotion and dissemination of programs”, “disorganized programs”, “irrelevant subjects”, “irrelevant content”, “ineffective teaching-learning methods”, “low interaction and participation of faculty members”, “lack of effectiveness for evaluation mechanisms”, and “weaknesses in feedback channels”. In order to get a comprehensive view of faculty development programs, the identified weaknesses were categorized and discussed in accordance with the different curriculum components. In General, based on the findings, it can be said that faculty development programs at this university call for a major revision in the four following components: Goal, Content, Teaching-Learning method, and Assessment methods. Manuscript profile
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  12 - Investigating the Role and Importance of Chief Knowledge Officers in Knowledge Management Development from the Point of View of Faculty Members (Case Study: Shahid Beheshti University)
  Mahmoud  Haghani Mahmoud Abolghasemi Elaheh Seyedmirza
  The present study was conducted to investigate the role and importance of chief knowledge officers in knowledge management development at Shahid Beheshti University. Of a total of 831 academic staff a random sample of 135 was selected by Stratified Random Sampling metho More

  The present study was conducted to investigate the role and importance of chief knowledge officers in knowledge management development at Shahid Beheshti University. Of a total of 831 academic staff a random sample of 135 was selected by Stratified Random Sampling method. To collect data, a researcher-made questionnaire was developed and validated by experts. Using quantitative approach, a descriptive correlational research was conducted. The 21 items of this questionnaire addressed the components of knowledge management (maintenance, acquisition, transfer, and application of knowledge) whereas other 19 items explored the impact of the chief knowledge officer. Research data were analyzed through Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). The results showed a significant relationship between the role of chief knowledge officer and the components of knowledge management. In the light of chief knowledge officers’ position, the most important factor was the application of knowledge then the knowledge acquisition variable، knowledge transfer، and knowledge preservation were influenced by the role of chief knowledge officers in knowledge management development. Manuscript profile
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  13 - Analysis of human resource management performance in identifying and meeting the needs of professional development of faculty members (case study: Shahid Beheshti University)
  Farnoush Aalami Abasalt Khorasani Hamed Kamali Armita Shiroodi
  by adopting a quantitative approach and using the survey method, the present study sought to analyze the performance of human resources management in identifying and addressing the needs of faculty members' professional development. finally, out of 850 faculty members More

  by adopting a quantitative approach and using the survey method, the present study sought to analyze the performance of human resources management in identifying and addressing the needs of faculty members' professional development. finally, out of 850 faculty members of the Shahid Beheshti University, 270 members were selected as sample size and were sampled in a relative sampling process. A researcher-made questionnaire was used to collect data. Validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by the experts and its reliability was calculated using Alpha coefficient of Kornbach .89. The data were analyzed in two levels of descriptive and inferential statistics. The findings of the research indicated that the faculty members' knowledge of the needs for research, educational, personal, organizational and ethical development was reported to be high. However, HRM has only been reported to meet the needs of the training professional development and has been reported at a disadvantage in addressing other needs. Therefore, the fundamental gap between the needs of faculty members' professional development and the HRM function is evident in meeting these needs. Such a gap reflects the need to modify and modify HRM procedures in the needs assessment and planning of professional development of Such a gap reflects the need to modify and modify HRM procedures in the needs assessment and planning of professional development of faculty members.faculty members. Manuscript profile
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  14 - Providing a structural model of professional self-development for faculty members
  Mitra Sadeghi Tabar nadergholi ghorchian parivash jafari Amir Hossein  Mohammad Davoudi
  The present study aimed to provide a structural model of professional self-development of faculty members. The research method was descriptive-correlation and structural equations. The study population consisted of all faculty members of Tehran, Shahid Beheshti and Alla More

  The present study aimed to provide a structural model of professional self-development of faculty members. The research method was descriptive-correlation and structural equations. The study population consisted of all faculty members of Tehran, Shahid Beheshti and Allameh Tabatabai universities, 3460 people, which was determined using random sampling method and with the help of Morgan table, 346 people. To collect the data, a researcher-made professional self-development questionnaire with reliability (α = 0.97) was used, which examines 5 dimensions of professional self-development. The results of analysis with the help of LISREL software and structural equation modeling analysis showed that the professional self-development structural model of faculty members has five key dimensions including professional self-development competencies, professional self-development action and implementation, professional self-development planning, professional self-development tendency and professional self-development effective factors. Which has a good fit with the data. The results showed that the effective factors with path coefficient (γ = 0.52) affected the tendency to professional self-development. Also, inclination with path coefficient (γ = 0.92) has affected professional self-development planning. In addition, path coefficient planning (γ = 0.95) has influenced professional self-development action and practice. Finally, action and practice have affected the professional self-development competencies with path coefficient (γ = 0.83). Manuscript profile
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  15 - Designing and validating the growth model of faculty members
  Mohammad bakhtiyari fereshteh kordestani lotfollah abbasi Abbas Khorshidi
  This study was conducted to present the growth pattern of faculty members. The method of the present research in terms of practical objectives, In terms of data, it was an exploratory mix and in terms of nature and type of study, it was a cross-sectional survey. Researc More

  This study was conducted to present the growth pattern of faculty members. The method of the present research in terms of practical objectives, In terms of data, it was an exploratory mix and in terms of nature and type of study, it was a cross-sectional survey. Research model based on studies Previously, inside and outside the country and the views of experts in this field were suggested. The statistical population of this research in the qualitative section 15 experts in the field of higher education and in a small dimension the faculty members of the Islamic Azad University, Tehran Branch Were central, and a sample of 280 of them identified by Morgan’s table. The main collection tool The data were first interviews with experts in this field and then the compilation of a seven-point questionnaire. Validity of measurement tools (CVR) and its validity was assessed and confirmed by Cronbach’s alpha. Pattern based on data analysis Optimally presented that has three dimensions: 1) Scientific abilities with a validity of %91 with three components of educational maturity, maturity Research, specialized maturity, 2) Personal abilities with a validity of %89 with two components: individual maturity, maturity Organizational 3) Spiritual / social abilities with a validity of %90 with two components of religious maturity and social maturity A total of 138 indicators had an effect on the growth of faculty members. This template can help managers and other professors Be a university. Manuscript profile
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  16 - A Model for Faculty Members Development based on FAVA
  Atefeh Gholami Ahmadreza Nasr Esfahani Azam Esfijani
  Recently there have been a focus on the development of faculty members with the aim of meeting the challenging needs of society, university, faculty members and students. In this regard, technology includes the potential to create new opportunities in this field. The cu More

  Recently there have been a focus on the development of faculty members with the aim of meeting the challenging needs of society, university, faculty members and students. In this regard, technology includes the potential to create new opportunities in this field. The current research was conducted with the purpose of identifying the elements and designing a model for the development programs for faculty members based on FAVA. The research method was applied and with the approach of qualitative data collection and analysis, which was done with the comparative, inductive, and qualitative content analysis method. The method involved semi-structured interviews with 20 experts in the field of education and technology with a snowball method until theoretical saturation was reached. According to the findings 6 main concepts and 42 subcategories were extracted. The research results emphasize the design of the 6 elements of goal, content, time, space, interactions and evaluation, considering the capacities and challenges of adding FAVA to these elements. Finally, a pattern of programs was presented based on FAVA for developing the capacities of faculty members. In addition, some recommendations were offered based on the findings of the study such as designing an integrated system including various educational and research systems based on individual and organizational needs; active, experimental, personalization, informal and transferable approaches in a safe environment in accordance with the rules; considering simulation of face-to-face situations in a flexible and optimal time with active interaction of the audience, instructor and content with a clear and selective approach along with a growing and valid assessment. Manuscript profile