Military Science and Tactics

Military Science and Tactics

.Discovery and statistics of antecedents and consequences of employees' Engagement with the applicability approach in future battles (case of study: defense organizations)

Document Type : Research/Original/Regular Article

Authors
seyed hasan hosseini 1
Vahid Ghanbari salte 2
Mohamad Mehdi 3
hasan shabani 4
1 Assistant professor, Department of Management, Faculty of Management, University of Imam Ali, Tehran, Iran.
2 Assistant Professor, Faculty of Management, Imam Ali University, Tehran, Iran.
3 Faculty member of Imam Ali University. Tehran. Iran.
4 Phd,Department of Management, Faculty of Management Sciences, Imam Ali University, Tehran,
10.22034/qjmst.2024.2026763.2053
Abstract
Objective: The current research was conducted with the aim of discovering and calculating the antecedents and consequences of employees' Engagement with the applicability approach in future battles in defense organizations.
Methodology: The intended research has a qualitative approach and is practical in terms of purpose, and the antecedents and consequences of employee commitment have been identified with the exploratory method. Secondary data was obtained through library studies with a systematic approach and primary data was obtained through interviews with 15 commanders and professors.
Findings: Based on qualitative analysis, 83 concepts have been identified in the form of 2 main themes including positive factors affecting the formation of (Employment including 3 organizing-themes, 8 basic themes and 49 concepts) and the consequences of the formation of employment (including 2 organizing theme, 6 basic themes and 34 concepts), are categorized.
Conclusion: These themes in relation to each other have created the thematic model of the research. In this regard, theoretical literature has been used in the direction of abstract categorization and creation of the thematic model.
Originality :The importance of this research is that by identifying the antecedents and consequences of Engagement, managers can provide the necessary planning to improve the level of work commitment and improve individual performance and further organizational productivity.
Keywords
Engagement
effective factors
contextual factors
consequences
employees
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Military Science and Tactics
Volume 20, Issue 70
Winter 2025
Pages 303-336