Identifying and Prioritizing the Main Components of Public Human Capital Development of Faculty Members (Mixed Approach)

The purpose of this study is to identify and prioritize the components of general human capital development of university faculty members.

To do this, a mixed method by qualitative-quantitative was used. The statistical population included all faculty members of universities and research institutes in Tehran, 13 of whom were selected through purpose sampling. Data obtained from semi-structured interviews with experts were analyzed by inductive content analysis and three-stage coding. Participant members' control method and peer feedback were used to ensure credibility. Also, to ensure reliability, the agreement method between the coders and Cohen's Kappa test were used. In the quantitative part, Shannon entropy method was used to determine the importance and priority of the obtained dimensions and components.

The results of the qualitative part of the research show 106 key indicators, and 17 axial dimensions in the form of five main components of general human capital development of faculty members, including; Improvement in the extent and appropriateness of cognitive competencies, improvement in the extent and appropriateness of meta cognitive competencies, improvement in the extent and appropriateness of bio-emotional competencies, improvement in the extent and appropriateness of communication-social competencies and improvement in the extent and appropriateness of Cultural and spiritual education competencies, were categorized and presented. Based on the results of Shannon entropy test, respectively, the main components of improvement in the amount and appropriateness of cognitive competencies, improvement in the extent and appropriateness of communication-social competencies, improvement in the extent and appropriateness of meta cognitive competencies, improvement in the extent and appropriateness of Bio-emotional competencies, and improvement in the extent and appropriateness of cultural and spiritual education competencies, were the first to fifth priorities in the development of the general human capital of the faculty members. Also, the component of cognitive human capital development had the highest priority and the component of cultural and spiritual education human capital development had the lowest priority. Theoretical framework of general human capital development of faculty members in the present study provides a suitable scientific tool for planning the human capital development of faculty members. In the end, based on the research achievements, appropriate suggestions were presented.