Presenting an Organizational Happiness Model Based on Teamwork Values

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Ph.D. Student, Department of public Administration, Sa.c. Islamic Azad University, Sanandaj, Iran.

2 Associate Professor, Department of public Administration, Sa.c. Islamic Azad University,Sanandaj, Iran.

3 Assistant Professor, Department of public Administration, Sa.c. Islamic Azad University, Sanandaj, Iran.

Abstract

Abstract
Today, considering the challenges that organizations face, creating a happy organization is one of the strategic needs for the organization's long-term success. The purpose of this study was to present an organizational happiness model based on team work values in Ardabil Province Gas Company. This research is applied in terms of purpose and in nature, it is mixed with a mixed exploratory-sequential design. The qualitative part was conducted with thematic analysis method based on Attride-Stirling (2001) and the quantitative part was conducted using the structural equation method with partial least squares technique to validate the research model. The target population of the research was experts aware of the research topic. In the qualitative part, a sample was selected with a purposeful approach up to the saturation stage 18 people and in the quantitative part, a sample was determined with the method of 20 samples for each identified component 350 people with a purposeful method. In order to collect and analyze data in the qualitative part, semi-structured interviews and in the quantitative part, researcher-made questionnaires were used, and for this purpose, Maxqda10, Spss24 and SmartPLS3 software were used. After analyzing the interviews, 227 basic themes, 35 organizing themes and finally 13 comprehensive themes affecting organizational happiness based on team work values were extracted, and finally the presented qualitative model was validated and approved. These results can be a basis for decisions of managers and planners in Ardabil Province Gas Company because organizational happiness is a platform for many strategic decisions and actions of the organization, strengthens organizational integrity, organizational and teamwork commitment, and also reduces job burnout and increases organizational productivity and employee creativity.
Case study
case study: Ardabil Province Gas Company
Introduction
The success of any organization depends on various factors, one of the most important pillars of the success of any organization is the happiness and vitality of its employees. On a broader level, happiness has been and is for many societies and individuals and will probably be a goal as long as human societies exist in the world. Happiness is associated with a pleasant mood, positive emotions, positive well-being and positive attitudes, and the interest in happiness has spread to working life in recent years. It is thought that organizations where happy people work will have a better level of well-being and efficiency; success, performance and efficiency.
Materials and Methods
This study is of mixed nature qualitative-quantitative, with a descriptive-applied objective and an exploratory-sequential design. The qualitative part of the research was conducted to identify factors affecting organizational happiness based on team work values, based on thematic analysis based on the Attride-Stirling approach. The statistical population of the research in the qualitative part included some university professors, human resources managers of the gas company, and managers and deputies of the Ardabil Province Gas Company, and individuals with research and writings in the field of organizational happiness and familiar with the research topic. In order to select the sample, a non-random sampling method with a purposeful approach and the theoretical saturation technique were used, so that after conducting 15 interviews, the information obtained was repeated and to ensure saturation, the interviews continued up to 18 people. And using the Braun and Clark (2006) method, the qualitative analysis and research model were drawn. Qualitative data were collected through semi-structured interviews with experts in person and virtually. In the quantitative part of the research, the correlation index was validated using the structural equation modeling method with the partial least squares approach, the model levels and the relationship between the identified components. The statistical population in the quantitative part of the research included experts and people familiar with the research topic, including managers, deputies and experts of the Ardabil Province Gas Company. In the quantitative part of the research, based on the number of identified components 13 factors, at least 20 samples for each identified component, a sample size of 350 people was estimated with a purposeful approach. Quantitative data collection tool After identifying the factors affecting organizational happiness based on corporate values ​​in the Ardabil Province Gas Company, a researcher-made questionnaire with 35 items was designed as a five-value Likert scale.
 
Discussion and Results
In order to present a qualitative model of organizational happiness based on teamwork values in Ardabil Province Gas Company, it was necessary to first identify the influential components in this field. To this end, after analyzing the data obtained from the interviews, 227 basic themes were identified. After reviewing the basic themes several times and categorizing them, 35 organizing themes were finally summarized into 13 overarching themes. Several criteria are used to examine the fit of the structural model of the research, the first and most basic of which is the significance coefficients t or T-values. If the value of these numbers exceeds 1.96, it indicates the accuracy of the relationship between the components and, as a result, the confirmation of the relationships at a confidence level of 0.95. According to the results, it was determined that all the relationships in the model have a significant t-coefficient, which indicates the significance of the effect between the relationships and the fit of the model.
Conclusion
Without a doubt, today, to create motivation, desirable behaviors, achieve organizational goals, increase human resource productivity, and ultimately achieve organizational happiness, top-level managers of the organization use new and efficient strategies. One of the strategies for promoting organizational happiness is to pay attention to the values ​​of teamwork in the organization. In other words, in the absence of unity in the prevailing values ​​and beliefs and adherence to the principles and rules that are a prerequisite for benefiting from today's advantages, or in the presence of a kind of dispersion of opinions among the members of the organization's teams, the organizational culture becomes vulnerable and makes it difficult to achieve goals.

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