The lived experience of experts in economic intelligence: A phenomenological study

Economic intelligence, is an attitude about the ability to learn and use money that is essential to survival and success in 21st-century life. Economic intelligence leads to increased problem-solving and critique, adaptability, information analysis and entrepreneurship, while a vacuum lead to financial problems and economic pressures, confusion, frustration and depression, and socio-economic problems. Although the phenomenological discovery and understanding and the lived experience of experts lead to the identification of potential factors, but there is a research gap in the field of application of this method in the target society.

The present study was conducted with the aim of the living experience of experts in economic intelligence in the form of a phenomenological study. The study population of the present study included all professors of industrial psychology, financial management, economics and educational psychology and psychometrics in free and public universities with more than 5 years of teaching experience as well as some of the top entrepreneurs. 17 people (10 professors and 7 top entrepreneurs) were selected based on the principle of saturation and using purposive sampling method (theoretical sampling) and according to the inclusion criteria And Colouzi method was used to analyze the interview data.

The method of the present study is descriptive phenomenological in terms of the basic purpose and the nature of the qualitative data. The study population of the present study included all professors of industrial psychology, financial management, economics and educational psychology and psychometrics in free and public universities with more than 5 years of teaching experience as well as some of the top entrepreneurs. 17 people (10 professors and 7 top entrepreneurs) were selected based on the principle of saturation and using purposive sampling method (theoretical sampling) and according to the inclusion criteria. The participants were interviewed through a semi-structured interview. In order to analyze the interview data, thematic analysis method was used.

After thematic extraction and classification, the findings included 5 main themes (entrepreneurial spirit, positive attitude, appropriate financial behavior, empiricism, role modeling) and 21 sub-themes. The relationship between these main and secondary topics is given in the main article.

Based on the research results, it can be said that items such as self-confidence, knowledge acquisition, positive thinking, entrepreneurial thinking, punctuality, prudent investment, creativity, time management, strategic planning, gaining experience and paying attention to opportunities for progress and interaction with entrepreneurs are components. These are important aspects of economic intelligence, and people's awareness of these components can contribute to their economic success and progress.