Faculty Members’ Experiences of Empowerment Programs in Tabriz University of Medical Sciences - A Qualitative Study

Study of Indices of Research and Development Management for the Scholar Performance of Scientific Board Members

“…The seventh aspect is managerial factors that expresses the participatory management and the features of leadership. These results are in line with the researches by Khodaey et al [7], Haustein et al [20], Shams et al [21], Muhammadi and Qazanfari [22], Shaban Kareh et al [6] and Benbow et al [23] that highlight participatory decision-making, participatory management, research and development orientation of the leader and participatory-oriented leadership. The only difference that can be found between the previous works done and the present survey is the extraction of indices as a set and the identification of their indices to advance, improve and assess the survey performance research and development management among the scientific board members when they have been attended in a dispersed manner in the past surveys.…”

“…The sixth aspect is organizational factors that expresses the organizational culture, structural factors (personality and individual features), occupational factors and incentive systems. These results are in line with Forutan and Reshadat Jou [15], Khodaey et al [7], and Asnafi, et al [19] that imply such indices as clear organizational objectives, researchoriented organizational atmosphere, survey-oriented organizational culture, decentralized structure, occupational commitment, creativity, heuristics, organizational innovation, existence of types of rewards and the existence of systems to resolve the scholars' barriers. The only difference that can be found between the previous works done and the present survey is the extraction of indices as a set and the identification of their indices to advance, improve and assess the survey performance research and development management among the scientific board members when they have been attended in a dispersed manner in the past surveys.…”

“…Khodaey et al [7] identified 14 aspects, 48 categories and 118 indices as contribution, education, motivation, cognition, self-efficacy, encouragement, structural, managerial factors, clarification, facilities and infrastructures as significant explanations to predict the scientific board members' performance. Shabani Bahar, Qarre and Siavashi [8] introduced survey indices, professional services, scientific publications, education, communication network and English language, as professional aspect indices, organizational communications, documentation, leadership, time management, cost management and team-making as organizational aspect indices and inter-individual, communications, innovation, self-efficacy, autonomy of action and professional ethics as individual excellence indices.…”