The Effects of Procurement Structure and Management, Professional Competencies of Employees, and the Quality of Procurement Policy on Its Successful Implementation in the Light of Moderating Factors in Iran's State Banks

This research intendes to investigate the moderating factors in the successful implementation of the procurement policy in Iran’s state-owned banks.

The research method was applied in terms of purpose and regarding data collection method, it was quantitative. The statistical population included all managers and experts in charge of procurement departments in eight state-owned banks using the country's public procurement policies. The sample size was composed of 151subjects. The researcher-made questionnaires were distributed among the participants after checking validity and reliability; meanwhile, stratified random sampling technique was applied to select the sample.

Path analysis shows that proper structure, effective management, professional competence of employees and quality of laws and regulations have a positive and significant effect on the successful implementation of the procurement policy. In addition, results show that electronic procurement, political turmoil and economic instability, social relations, external organizational supervision, and the intensity of competition moderate the relationships between independent and dependent variables according to the research model.

Originality:

 A large number of studies have been conducted on the success of policy implementation, but none presented a comprehensive framework in this regard. The findings of the current research have identified the factors influencing the successful implementation of the procurement policy in the public sector of Iran, which lacks theoretical precedent in the literature.