Identifying & Ranking the Ethical Components of Comprehensive Performance Management in Public Organizations

Background: The­ secret of sustainable and development of modern civilized organizations is to observe the ethics of the organization. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to identify the ethical components of comprehensive performance management in Iranian public organizations. Method: The present study was applied and mixed. In the qualitative section, the experts of public organizations whose field of activity was wide were considered as a community. Using snowball sampling, ۲۰ people were selected as the sample. The interview tool was semi-structured. Content analysis method was used for analysis. In the quantitative part statistical population includes employees and managers of government organizations in West Azerbaijan province, ۲۷۳ of whom were selected using stratified cluster sampling. The instrument was a researcher-made questionnaire. For data analysis, structural equation modeling, factor analysis, and hierarchical analysis and pairwise comparison test in the form of Amos software were used. Results: The results led to the identification of ۲۷ organizational components, ۸ individual components and ۵ group components. The results showed that the incompatibility rate was calculated in ۰.۰۹ in three components, which indicates the suitability of the pair comparison (reliability). Organizational factors with a weight of ۰.۴۸, individual factors with a weight of ۰.۳ and group factors with a weight of ۰.۲۲ have the highest and lowest weight, respectively. Conclusion: According to studies conducted in this field, so far, no comprehensive study has been conducted on identifying and ranking the ethical components of comprehensive performance management in public organizations. As a result, the proposed structure is the first model for identifying and ranking the ethical components of comprehensive performance management in these public organizations, which has the ability to formulate and implement strategies according to the current changing situation.

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Performance management , Public organizations , Ethical components