Designing a Hubristic Leadership Style Model In Government Organizations Using Interpretive Structural Approach

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1 Professor of Strategic Management, Amin University, Tehran, Iran

2 PhD Human Resource Management, Lorestan University, Khorramabad, IranKhorramabad, Iran

3 Assistant Professor of Public Management, Payame Noor University, Iran

Abstract

The aim of this study was to design the model of Hubristic leadership style using an interpretive structural approach. This research is based on a mixed research, qualitatively and quantitatively in the deductive-inductive paradigm, which is applied in terms of purpose and descriptive in terms of nature and method. The statistical population of the research in qualitative and quantitative part consists of 30 senior and middle managers of government organizations in Khorramabad city who have been selected based on purposive sampling method. In the qualitative part of the research, the data collection tool is a semi-structured interview, the validity and reliability of which were tested using CVR coefficient and Kappa-Cohen test. The data collection tool in the quantitative part is a questionnaire which validity and reliability were assessed using content validity and retest. In the qualitative part, the data obtained from the interview were analyzed using Atlas.ti software and coding method. Also, in the quantitative part of the research, the final research model has been developed and presented using Matlab software and interpretive structural modeling method. The results of the research included the indicators and components of the Hubristic leadership style and present the model of the Hubristic leadership style in government organizations. Thus, the research findings include the identification of sixteen indicators of Hubristic leadership style at four levels (first, second, third and fourth) and are described in the final model.
 

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