Governance model in turbulent environments (A meta-Synthesis study)

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1 Associate Professor, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.

2 Ph.D. student in educational management, faculty of psychology and educational sciences, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.

3 PhD in Planning Higher Education Development, Farhangian University, Zanjan, Iran. E-mail: mousavi@cfu.ac.ir

Abstract

The present study has been conducted with the aim of providing a governance model in turbulent environments. This study was carried out with a qualitative approach and a meta-synthesis method. To this end, the eight-step method of Hoon (2013) has been adopted. Accordingly, all scientific documents published in the last ten years, total of 535 scientific documents found in 7 foreign databases and 2 domestic databases, were analyzed. These databases include Google Scholar, Springer; Emerald; Science Direct; PubMed; Sage; Irandoc, and Noormags. Ultimately, 27 scientific documents were selected and analyzed after examining the titles, research methods, and findings. The analysis of the findings was conducted using thematic analysis, and to ensure the quality of the research, feedback from experts was utilized at various research stages. Additionally, the Critical Appraisal Skills Program (CASP) tool was used to control the quality of the selected scientific documents for analysis, as well as to ensure the quality of the findings of the present study. Based on the findings, the governance model in turbulent environments identified 62 primary themes and 13 secondary themes, including synergy and participation, dynamism and adaptability, communication and interactions, knowledge-centricity, supervision and control, contingent strategy, cohesion and integration, transparency, law-orientation, and responsibility and accountability, justice-orientation, social capital, and capacity building, which constitute the main themes of functional requirements, managerial requirements, legal requirements, ethical requirements, and developmental requirements.

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