The Qualitative Analysis of the Managerial Behavior Psychological Foundations in Iran’s Higher Education

Abstract

The general aim of the study is the identification of the managerial behavior components for the purpose of offering a model regarding the Iran’s higher education system. Forty managers from the universities around Iran, including the directors and their vice presidents from the all types of universities have been asked to take part in the study. The data analysis was conducted through taking advantage of the qualitative background or grounded theory methodology and in the section on the causal conditions one of the subject matters obtained of the interest in the present study was the managerial behavior psychological basis. In regard of the psychological principles, eight general concepts were formed which are as follows: personality, intelligence, memory, aptitude, motivation, perception, emotion and stress. Generally, the findings indicated that in order for the managers to be equipped with managerial behavior they are in need of having thorough and proper studies and researches regarding the aforementioned components and try to handle tasks such as rethinking, restructuring and recreation of the components just cited.

Keywords

• management psychological principles
• management psychology
• behavioral psychology
• behavioral psychology foundations.