Explaining and Identifying the Empowerment Components of Staff of Ardabil University of Medical Sciences (with a Qualitative Research Approach)

Abstract

Background & objectives: Employee empowerment is one of the most basic categories of human resource management in the present era, especially in dynamic environments such as medical science universities which are the pillars of capital and human resource management and requires systemic thinking. This study was conducted to identify the empowerment components of Ardabil university of medical sciences staff. Methods: The present study was conducted by qualitative methodology (grounded theory). The statistical population of the study consists of all employees working in the university of medical sciences who were working in 1398. From this number, 20 experts were selected as study sample using purposive sampling method. The data of this study were obtained using semi-structured interviews. Descriptive statistics (frequency, mean, standard deviation) and inferential statistics (content analysis method including open, axial and selective coding) were used to analyze the data. Results: The results of analyzing the data obtained from the semi-structured interview showed that the empowerment indicators included individual, interpersonal, organizational and technical indicators. Conclusion: The final results of the study indicate that various factors are effective in the components of empowerment, including individual, interpersonal, organizational and technical indicators, and university managers and decision makers can use those components to improve and enhance the empowerment of university staff.