Designing a Model of Managerial Courage in Government Organizations

In order to have an effective and efficient management system, powerful and brave managers must be trained. Due to their existential nature, government organizations need managers who, despite all internal and external barriers, have the ability to make the right decisions and implement them decisively. Managerial courage that stems from leadership styles is also known as an organizational virtue. This study was conducted to design a model of managerial courage in government organizations in Kurdistan province.

In the present development-applied research, which has been done in order to discover and understand managerial courage, the interview questions were extracted according to the opinions of academic experts and the study of research articles and literature. Research data were obtained through in-depth and semi-structured interviews and analyzed by coding method. The research population consisted of organizational experts in government organizations as well as academic experts in the field of human resources. Participants were interviewed with a combination of targeted methods and snowballs and in the thirteenth interview, theoretical saturation occurred.

The analysis of the research findings resulted in the creation of 145 codes, 9 concepts and 3 main categories. It showed that the components of managerial courage included moral courage and managerial authority and the factors affecting it were legal support and managerial skills. Consequences of managerial courage include increased productivity, job attachment, growth and employee empowerment.

In the present study, the model of managerial courage in government organizations of Kurdistan province was identified according to its dimensions and components, influential factors and its consequences