Designing Internal Relationships Between Causes and Strategies of Political Behavior in the Public Sector Using Interpretive Structural Modeling (ISM)

Ghorbanali Khazaei Poul; Davood Kiakojouri; Mohammad Javad  Taghipourian

doi:10.61838/kman.ijimob.3.4.6

Authors

Ghorbanali Khazaei Poul PhD Student in public administration, Chalous branch, Islamic Azad University, Chalous, Iran Author https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1706-8266
Davood Kiakojouri Associate Professor, Department of Public Administration, Chalous Branch, Islamic Azad University, Chalous, Iran Author https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3070-6907
Mohammad Javad Taghipourian Department of Management, Chalous Branch, Islamic Azad University, Chalous, Iran Author https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8296-3331

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.61838/kman.ijimob.3.4.6

Abstract

Objective: The main goal of this research is to design the internal relationships between the causes and strategies of political behavior in the public sector using Interpretive Structural Modeling (ISM).

Method: In this study, through the review of previous research literature and using the opinions of experts in the field of public management and organizational behavior, six causal and strategic variables affecting political behavior in the public sector were identified. These variables were classified using Interpretive Structural Modeling (ISM), which includes six steps, and through the use of a questionnaire.

Findings: The research findings indicated that the environmental factors variable serves as the basis of the model, influencing all other variables. At the next level, individual and structural factors are positioned, which affect freedom of speech and adherence to the law, and in turn, these factors influence meritocracy.

Conclusion: Managers should create a suitable environment for guiding public sector units with inhibitory organizational structures towards empowered organizational structures, fostering freedom of speech, adherence to the law, and meritocracy.