Designing a forward-looking ethical leadership model in organizations based on social responsibility (Study case: Farman Imam (RA) executive headquarters and Mustafafan Foundation)

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 PHD student, management Group، zanjan Branch، Islamic Azad University, Zanjan, Iran.

2 Associate Professor, Department of Publlic Adminstration , Science and Research Uniit, Islamic Azad Uiversity Tehran, Iran.

3 Assistant Professor, Department of Management, Zanjan Branch, Islamic Azad University,zanjan, Iran.

Abstract

Purpose: In today's era, foresight is considered one of the most important leadership paradigms, so the purpose of the research is to base the variable of foresight on mapping; Designing a prospective ethical leadership model is based on social responsibility.
Method: In terms of methodology, the present research is mixed (quantitative and qualitative) and in terms of research type, it is among model development researches. research community; The executive headquarters of Barman Imam and Mustazafan Foundation, the experts of the research are 26 senior and middle managers of these organizations using the purposeful sampling method. The method of collecting information is library studies and field research. The analysis methods were Delphi technique and Soda method (development and analysis of strategic thinking).
Findings: Based on the findings, 32 components of ethical leadership, 20 components of foresight and 25 components of social responsibility were obtained. These variables were also clustered in 4 main dimensions. Then, by emphasizing the variable of foresight in drawing the cognitive mapping of the relationships between the mentioned variables and analyzing it, the final model was created. Identifying the elements of leadership with emphasis on 20 components of foresight was definitely effective in presenting a comprehensive plan.
Conclusion: leadership includes the dimensions of empowerment, characteristic traits, moral awareness and people-oriented-society-oriented, which has an impact on the dimensions of social responsibility. The foresight variable also includes perspective dimensions, sensitivity to employees' needs, flexibility in changes and developments, and sensitivity to the environment, is effective on the ethical leadership variable.

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Journal of Iran Futures Studies
Volume 8, Issue 1 - Serial Number 14
September 2023
Pages 172-198

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