Investigation of Nepotism in Public Sector Organizations in Iran and its Impact on Employee’s Performance
Due to dominant culture in the countries in transition, one of the issues to be investigated in these countries is the phenomenon of nepotism in the organizations which, as an environmental factor, could affect the employees’ performance. This study attempts to examine the functions of nepotism in I...
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Mashhad: Behzad Hassannezhad Kashani
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| description | Due to dominant culture in the countries in transition, one of the issues to be investigated in these countries is the phenomenon of nepotism in the organizations which, as an environmental factor, could affect the employees’ performance. This study attempts to examine the functions of nepotism in Iranian public sector organizations and evaluate its impact on employees' performance. Research methodology of this study is descriptive- survey. Thus, after an overview on theoretical bases and for the aim of collecting the required data, 150 questionnaires were distributed among administrative employees of Zahedan Municipality. Our findings showed that nepotism is a challenging issue that affects the performance of employees in the administrative systems of Iranian public sector. It was also found that nepotism, as an environmental factor, has made the performance of organization to be consistent with it, through overcoming intra-organizational factors. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-321c04501e1448cf854a5bf0e8efe1da2023-09-07T21:58:28ZengMashhad: Behzad Hassannezhad KashaniInternational Journal of Management, Accounting and Economics2383-21262015-03-0123189199115470Investigation of Nepotism in Public Sector Organizations in Iran and its Impact on Employee’s PerformanceAli Rowshan0Meisam Ghasemnezhad1Zahra Hemmat2Assistant Professor, Department of Management, University of Sistan & Baluchestan, Zahedan, IranMSc in Entrepreneurship, University of Sistan & Baluchestan, Zahedan, IranMSc in Entrepreneurship, University of Sistan & Baluchestan, Zahedan, IranDue to dominant culture in the countries in transition, one of the issues to be investigated in these countries is the phenomenon of nepotism in the organizations which, as an environmental factor, could affect the employees’ performance. This study attempts to examine the functions of nepotism in Iranian public sector organizations and evaluate its impact on employees' performance. Research methodology of this study is descriptive- survey. Thus, after an overview on theoretical bases and for the aim of collecting the required data, 150 questionnaires were distributed among administrative employees of Zahedan Municipality. Our findings showed that nepotism is a challenging issue that affects the performance of employees in the administrative systems of Iranian public sector. It was also found that nepotism, as an environmental factor, has made the performance of organization to be consistent with it, through overcoming intra-organizational factors.https://www.ijmae.com/article_115470_1e2b0955a8349ec274b497d8ca9cec99.pdfnepotismcountries in transitionpublic sector organizationsemployees’ performanceenvironmental factor |
| spellingShingle | Ali Rowshan Meisam Ghasemnezhad Zahra Hemmat Investigation of Nepotism in Public Sector Organizations in Iran and its Impact on Employee’s Performance International Journal of Management, Accounting and Economics nepotism countries in transition public sector organizations employees’ performance environmental factor |
| title | Investigation of Nepotism in Public Sector Organizations in Iran and its Impact on Employee’s Performance |
| title_full | Investigation of Nepotism in Public Sector Organizations in Iran and its Impact on Employee’s Performance |
| title_fullStr | Investigation of Nepotism in Public Sector Organizations in Iran and its Impact on Employee’s Performance |
| title_full_unstemmed | Investigation of Nepotism in Public Sector Organizations in Iran and its Impact on Employee’s Performance |
| title_short | Investigation of Nepotism in Public Sector Organizations in Iran and its Impact on Employee’s Performance |
| title_sort | investigation of nepotism in public sector organizations in iran and its impact on employee s performance |
| topic | nepotism countries in transition public sector organizations employees’ performance environmental factor |
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