Characteristics of the Staff of the Armed Forces From the Perspective of the Islamic Texts (Quran and Nahjol Balagheh) and leaders of the Islamic Revolution; Qualitative Research Using Grounded Theory Strategy

Yousefi Amiri, Mazaher; Eslami, Abbas; Ioseliani, Gholamreza

Characteristics of the Staff of the Armed Forces From the Perspective of the Islamic Texts (Quran and Nahjol Balagheh) and leaders of the Islamic Revolution; Qualitative Research Using Grounded Theory Strategy

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Mazaher Yousefi Amiri ¹

Abbas Eslami ²

Gholamreza Ioseliani ³

¹ Assistant Prof., Department of Leadership and Human Capital, Faculty of Public Administration and Organizational Sciences, College of Management, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.

² Graduated MA, Public Administration, Faculty of Management and Economics, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.

³ Graguated MA. Management, School of Management, Economics and Progress,University of science and technology. Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

Abstract
One of the most important assets of the armed forces is human resources, which play a key role in ensuring the security and authority of the country. So that the optimal performance of the armed forces depends on the characteristics of its personnel. Since there has been no considerable study of the characteristics of the personnel of the armed forces of the Islamic Revolution, In this study we will explore the characteristics of the personnel of the armed forces from the viewpoint of the Islamic texts (Quran and Nahjol Balagheh) and The thoughts of leaders of the Revolution. This research is qualitative in terms of data type, and development - applied in terms of purpose, and Grounded Theory in terms of method. The research population consists of the content of the Islamic texts (Quran and Nahjol Balagheh) and speeches, statements and commands of the Imams of the Revolution. For data gathering, the foundation data method in Islamic research (Khannifar et al., 1390) has been used. After the subject entries have been identified by experts,, Islamic texts and leaders of the Revolution's ideas of the armed forces staff were read by researchers and their properties were extracted in 56 concepts. Then, using the results, staff characteristics were classified into two dimensions (declarative and practical) and four components (ethies, method, intuition and action). The results of this study have contributed to the theoretical development of the characteristics of the personnel of the Islamic Revolutionary Armed Forces and provides tacit guidance to the scholars, military, and commanders of the armed forces in understanding the Islamic texts and Leaders's ideas.

Keywords

Staff

Armed Forces

Islamic Texts

Leaders of Revolution

Grounded Theory

Subjects

Theoretical foundations of the Islamic Revolution

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