Designing the efficiency model of municipalities based on good urban governance (case study: Lorestan province)

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1 Department of Educational Management, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Khorramabad branch, Islamic Azad University, Khorramabad, Iran

2 Department of Educational Management, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Khorramabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Khorramabad, Iran

3 Management Department, Faculty of Management, Payam Noor University, Tehran, Iran.

10.30495/jupm.2024.33617.4530

Abstract

The rapid growth of urbanization centralized planning and the lack of people's participation in decision-making have caused many problems in the administration of cities that cannot be solved with traditional management. The purpose of this research is to present the Productivity model of municipalities based on good urban governance. This research was conducted using a mixed exploratory method(qualitative and quantitative). The statistical population in the qualitative part includes university experts who are knowledgeable about productivity and good governance (until reaching theoretical saturation), and the quantitative part includes all mayors, deputies and managers of municipalities in Lorestan province. He statistical sample of the qualitative part includes20 academic experts and the quantitative part includes 254 people(total statistical population). In the qualitative part, the theme analysis method was done with the help of ATLAS-TI software, and in the quantitative part, the partial least squares method was used with the help of SMART-PLS software. Qualitative data were collected through semi-structured interviews and quantitative data were collected through an 82-question questionnaire. According to the research findings, there are 82 primary codes,14 basic themes and 5 constructive themes in the form of accountability clusters(2 themes), rule of law(3 themes), legal structure(3 themes), social structure(2 themes) and management structure(4 themes), identification and relationships between them were drawn and presented in the form of a paradigm model. 5 indexes and 14 components with factor load, average extracted variance and high convergent validity(0.4), Cronbach's alpha coefficient and high composite reliability(0.7), high t coefficients(1.96)were confirmed

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Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript
Available Online from 18 October 2024
  • Receive Date: 30 June 2024
  • Revise Date: 10 September 2024
  • Accept Date: 13 September 2024