Designing and validating the model of lean scholarly skills in universities and higher education institutions (case study: University of Tehran)

The main goal of this research is to design and validate the model of lean scholarly skills in universities and higher education institutions.

This research was carried out in two qualitative and quantitative stages, using the mixed exploratory research method. In the qualitative stage of the research, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 20 experts and pundits in the field of higher education who were selected in a purposeful way in order to identify the appropriate model for the context of Iranian universities. Qualitative data analysis was performed using open and axial coding (theme analysis) and its reliability and validity were evaluated. In the quantitative stage, the descriptive-analytical research method and the statistical population included all the managers of the departments of the University of Tehran with 252 people who using Cochran's sampling formula, 152 people were selected as the sample. Sampling method in this study was stratified random sampling method. In the quantitative part, the required data were collected using a researcher-made questionnaire. To evaluate the validity of the quantitative research instrument, content validity and construct validity were used and to evaluate the reliability of the instrument, Cronbach's alpha was used, which confirmed the appropriate reliability and validity of the research instrument.

The results of the research showed that the lean scholarly skills of the managers of the departments of the University of Tehran have six components: knowledge management skills, scientific diplomacy skills, pedagogy skills, networking skills, communication skills, and creativity and innovation skills. The results of the confirmatory factor analysis showed that the identified six components have sufficient factor load to validate the pure scholarly skills of department heads of the University of Tehran.