Network Leadership Model at Payame Noor University: A Grounded Theory Study

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 Insructor, Department of Management, Payame Noor University, Tehran,Iran

2 Associate Professor, Department of Management, Payame Noor University, Tehran,Iran

3 Professor, Department of Management, Payame Noor University, Tehran,Iran

4 Assistant Professor, Department of Management, Payam Noor University, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

Networks are organizational and hybrid schemes that enable unified institutions to achieve goals that are beyond the capacity of any single organization. Experts in many fields, including organizational leadership, use network-based solutions to solve or improve complex social problems. The present study, based on grounded theory, illustrates the foundation of the network leadership model. The statistical sample includes the executive directors of Payame Noor University in both upper and middle levels. After the interview, the content of their opinions was examined in three steps of open, axial and selective coding. The results of this study include concepts, categories and propositions that illustrate the network leadership model at Payame Noor University. MaxQDA software was used to analyze the data and extract the research model. The conclusion of this research indicates that the axial phenomenon of the model, including network leadership in relation to other variables of the model, causes the excellence of the university network. How these factors interact is shown in the final research model. At the end of the research, a comparative comparison of new leadership styles based on a paradigm model is performed.

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Organizational Behaviour Studies Quarterly
Volume 9, Issue 4 - Serial Number 36
December 2020
Pages 45-68

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