The Model of How the Phenomenon of Political Dowry of Managers in Government Organizations Emerges

The dominance of the political approach of management in the government sector makes political actors more willing to use public resources. For this reason, people try to have a special look at public resources, which is called political dowry, in order to succeed in entering another organization and also to stabilize their position. Therefore, the current research was conducted with the aim of providing a model of how the phenomenon of political dowry of managers in government organizations emerges. In terms of its objectives, this study is of an applied research type and in terms of methodology and nature, it is considered a qualitative-quantitative study. The statistical population in the qualitative and quantitative phases are the managers of government organizations who were selected using the purposive sampling method. The data collection tool is an interview in the qualitative phase and a questionnaire in the quantitative phase. Their validity and reliability were confirmed using content method and theoretical validity and intra-coder and inter-coder reliability. To analyze the data in the qualitative part, the content analysis method was used using MAXQDA software, and in the quantitative part, interpretive structural modeling and MATLAB software were employed. The findings of the research indicate the identification of the effective factors and the presentation of the model of the emergence of political dowry of managers in government organizations. The results of the research are in the form of the model of emergence of political dowry of managers in the four axes of formation platforms, interrelated and intervening factors, dimensions and consequences of the formation of political dowry of managers.