A Structural Model of University Students' Academic Procrastination Based on Academic Self-Handicapping and Implicit Theories of Intelligence: The Mediating Role of Difficulties in Emotion Regulation

Anvar Dastbaz; Ahoora Naghshbandi; Bahram Maleki

Volume 5, Issue 3 , October 2026

https://doi.org/10.22034/jam.2026.146001.1168

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The present study aimed to investigate a structural model of academic procrastination among university students based on academic self-handicapping behaviors and implicit theories of ... Read More

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Designing a Supportive Leadership Model in Higher Education: A Grounded Theory Approach

Mehdi Mosleh Germi; Ali Khaleghkhah; salim kazemi; Hassan Roshani

Volume 5, Issue 3 , October 2026

https://doi.org/10.22034/jam.2026.146327.1190

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The present study was conducted with the aim of designing a supportive leadership model in the higher education system using a grounded theory approach. In terms of purpose, this research ... Read More

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Cross-Border Migration of University Graduates and Its Resulting Socio-Cultural Transformation (Case Study: Border Villages of Sarvabad County)

Osman Hedayat

Volume 5, Issue 3 , October 2026

https://doi.org/10.22034/jam.2026.146574.1214

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The present study aimed to interpret and explain the socio-cultural transformation of the border villages of Sarvabad County resulting from the cross-border migration of university ... Read More The present study aimed to interpret and explain the socio-cultural transformation of the border villages of Sarvabad County resulting from the cross-border migration of university graduates. In this regard, using a theoretical framework—relative deprivation theory and migration social networks—and the grounded theory analysis method, it addressed contextual conditions, intervening conditions, causes, consequences, adopted strategies, and the presentation of practical solutions for the retention of university graduates. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews with 30 key informants from 13 border villages of Sarvabad County; these individuals were selected through purposive, theoretical, and maximum variation sampling, and the interviews continued until theoretical saturation was reached. The results showed that geographical-environmental contexts shaped the ground for cross-border migration; the concurrence of economic-livelihood pressures at the origin and the perception and experience of multilayered marginalization acted as causal conditions, while social-media networks and flows and the perception of the income-economic advantage of the destination functioned as intervening conditions for migration. The consequences of this situation manifest in the dynamics and structural transformation of the demographic-social and cultural fabric of the border villages, and in such conditions, graduates adopt pre-migration strategies, which indicates an intensification of the tendency to migrate among them. The core category "cross-border migration as a survival-liberation strategy and the engine of structural transformation in border villages" indicates that cross-border migration is simultaneously a response to structural blockage and multilayered exclusion and the driving engine of socio-cultural structural transformation in border villages. Therefore, in order to reduce the harms and negative consequences of migration, and considering the existing capacities and potentials, strengthening border markets and exports, developing agricultural and livestock occupations, utilizing tourism capacities, improving practical and skill-based education, and also adopting government support policies in villages can be suggested.

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Development Factors of an Agile-Oriented University with an Entrepreneurial Approach

ehsan parvin; Hoda Najafpour

Volume 5, Issue 3 , October 2026

https://doi.org/10.22034/jam.2026.145945.1159

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This study aims to identify and explain the key development factors of an agile-oriented university with an entrepreneurial approach and to propose a native model for the Iranian higher ... Read More

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Identifying the dimensions of academic exploitation and its implications for higher education policymaking: A meta-synthesis study

unes romiani; Leila khosravi morad

Volume 5, Issue 3 , October 2026

https://doi.org/10.22034/jam.2026.146058.1174

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This study aims to investigate the dimensions and consequences of exploitation within academic relationships. To achieve this, a meta-synthesis approach—as a form of meta-study—was ... Read More This study aims to investigate the dimensions and consequences of exploitation within academic relationships. To achieve this, a meta-synthesis approach—as a form of meta-study—was employed. Relevant domestic and international research was gathered using synonymous and related keywords and analyzed through the Strauss and Corbin coding process. Following the removal of duplicates, screening, and final review, 111 conceptual codes were extracted, forming the basis for the study’s categorization and analysis. The findings reveal that academic exploitation is a multidimensional and interconnected phenomenon manifesting in four primary dimensions: scientific-research, educational-institutional, structural-systemic, and ethical-cultural. The scientific-research dimension accounted for the highest frequency of codes, indicating a concentration of pressures and inequalities within the knowledge production process. Furthermore, the consequences of exploitation were identified across four levels: individual, educational-research, institutional-structural, and social-macro, with the highest frequency observed in educational-research outcomes. These consequences include a decline in scientific quality, diminished motivation, moral erosion, loss of institutional credibility, and reduced social trust. The synthesis of findings indicates that academic exploitation is not an isolated issue but a self-reproducing system shaped by the interplay of macro-structures, institutional processes, and professional relationships, with consequences that directly impact the university’s primary function in knowledge production and human capital development. Accordingly, addressing the phenomenon of exploitation requires a comprehensive, multi-level approach that simultaneously targets policy structural reform, the improvement of institutional mechanisms, the promotion of scientific ethics, and the redefinition of academic cultural norms.

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Organizational Legitimacy in the Interaction Between Universities and External Organizations

Mojgan Ebrahimi Jansoz; Mohammad Hasani

Volume 5, Issue 3 , October 2026

https://doi.org/10.22034/jam.2026.146897.1233

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Objective: This study aimed to explain the role and mechanisms of organizational legitimacy in university interactions with external organizations. It examined the desirable and undesirable ... Read More Objective: This study aimed to explain the role and mechanisms of organizational legitimacy in university interactions with external organizations. It examined the desirable and undesirable consequences of dependence on external resources and effective control mechanisms.Method: The study employed a mixed-methods (qualitative–quantitative) approach. In the qualitative phase, data were collected through semi-structured interviews with higher education experts and analyzed using thematic analysis and open, axial, and selective coding. The quantitative population consisted of faculty members and university administrators at the University of Tabriz. Based on the Morgan table and stratified random sampling, 262 participants were selected. Data were collected through a researcher-developed questionnaire and analyzed using descriptive statistics, factor analysis, and regression analysis. The validity and reliability of the instrument were confirmed.Findings: The results showed that organizational legitimacy plays an important role in universities’ access to financial, research, and institutional resources. The axial codes included dependence on external resources, organizational legitimacy, university autonomy, institutional consequences of dependence, and control mechanisms. Selective coding yielded two main categories: “mutual dependence between the university and external organizations” and “legitimacy-based management of resource allocation.” Quantitative findings indicated that dependence on external resources had a negative and significant effect on university autonomy (Sig < 0.01), whereas organizational legitimacy had a positive and significant effect on university autonomy. Factor analysis confirmed the alignment between the quantitative factor structure and the qualitative categories.Conclusion: Diversifying financial resources, establishing transparent frameworks for interaction with external organizations, strengthening oversight mechanisms, and enhancing academic and institutional legitimacy can contribute to managing mutual dependence, increasing the university’s bargaining power, and preserving university autonomy.

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Identifying barriers and solutions to develop the employability of bachelor's graduates in Behavioral Sciences courses

Volume 1, Issue 2 , October 2022, , Pages 100-73

https://doi.org/10.22034/jam.2022.62472

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The general purpose of this study is to identify the barriers and solutions for the development of graduates' employability from the perspective of faculty members, employers and experts ... Read More The general purpose of this study is to identify the barriers and solutions for the development of graduates' employability from the perspective of faculty members, employers and experts in the field of employment for a bachelor's degree in behavioral sciences courses. The current research is a qualitative research of the phenomenological type. The participants of this research are faculty members, employers and employment experts. The sampling method in qualitative research is the purposeful sampling method of the theoretical sampling type. Among the interviewees were 15 faculty members and 12 employers. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews. The content validity of the interviews was reviewed by 5 higher education experts and was used after confirmation. The obtained data from this study were analyzed by the Thematic analysis method. The analysis of the first interview began with open coding and finally reached theoretical saturation in interview 27. A total of 109 themes related to the challenges and barriers to the development of graduates' employability were obtained from these interviews. Finally, a total of six major barriers were classified as "individual barriers", "academic barriers", "social barriers", "cultural barriers", "economic barriers" and "political barriers". Furthermore, in 21 sub-obstacles including: cognitive-behavioral problems, motivational weakness, avarice, lack of entrepreneurial skills, weakness of academic and Job Competencies, lack of quality training courses, academic weakness, curriculum defects, lack of appropriate social contexts, incompatibility of organizations, cultural weakness, lack of employment plans, employment injustice, inadequate needs assessment, economic problems, a mismatch between human capital and the labor market, poor connection between human resources and the labor market, financial resources shortage, lack of effective management, inefficient policies, and a reduction of international interactions. Also, the results showed that the most important solution for the development of employability from the perspective of faculty members and employers is the need to review and revise the curricula

The function of action research in the professional development of students and teachers of Farhangian University

Volume 1, Issue 2 , October 2022, , Pages 150-126

https://doi.org/10.22034/jam.2022.62498

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This qualitative research is analytic-inferential. Its statistical population was 16 students from the first grade of elementary school of Biston sugar factory. The method of data collection ... Read More

The effect of workplace spirituality on employees' performance with the mediating role of job satisfaction and deviant behavior in the workplace

Volume 1, Issue 2 , October 2022, , Pages 72-48

https://doi.org/10.22034/jam.2022.62470

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The current research is applied in terms of purpose and descriptive in terms of correlational data collection. The statistical population of the present study was made up of all the ... Read More

Investigating the effect of social intelligence on social trust and social isolation

Volume 1, Issue 3 , January 2022, , Pages 20-1

https://doi.org/10.22034/jam.2022.62499

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The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of social intelligence on social trust and social isolation. The research method is descriptive-survey and the statistical population ... Read More

Designing a model to prevent organizational silence among academic staff members of Islamic Azad University

Volume 2, Issue 1 , April 2023, , Pages 72-48

https://doi.org/10.22034/jam.2023.62681

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The purpose of this research is to design a model for preventing organizational silence among faculty members of Islamic Azad University. The current research is one of the qualitative ... Read More

The effectiveness of education in the blockchain context: A qualitative study based on a data-driven approach

Rasoul Dehghan saieen; Saideh Arefi

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 21 March 2026

https://doi.org/10.22034/jam.2024.63809

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Education, Blockchain,Efficient Education, Blockchain-based Education Read More

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The relationship between the quality of learning experiences and academic competence of history students at the universities of Babylon and Baghdad: The mediating role of academic hope

Mohammad Ghaleb Almansuri Hossein; hamid rahimi

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 21 March 2026

https://doi.org/10.22034/jam.2026.145753.1158

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Despite numerous studies that have examined the factors affecting academic competence in various disciplines, there is a clear research gap in understanding the psychological mechanisms ... Read More

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Analysis of the structure of the educational policy mechanism in the higher education system

Poorya Fatehi

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 21 March 2025

https://doi.org/10.22034/jam.2025.137989.1042

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politics, educational policy making Read More

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A model for strengthening and improving interview assessment centers at Farhangian University of Fars Province, a study using the grand theory method

somayeh papi; masaod piroti aghdam; Yadollah Eghdami

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 22 December 2026

https://doi.org/10.22034/jam.2026.145145.1128

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ecently, assessment centers have been established in various organizations and departments to identify individuals' potential for employment and other career goals. Farhangian University, ... Read More

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Designing a Model of Data-Driven Ethical Predictive Leadership in Higher Education

salim kazemi; Mehdi Mosleh Germi; Azim Omidvar

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 21 October 2026

https://doi.org/10.22034/jam.2026.147004.1239

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The present study was conducted with the aim of designing a model for ethical, predictive, data-driven leadership in higher education using a grounded-theory approach. This research ... Read More The present study was conducted with the aim of designing a model for ethical, predictive, data-driven leadership in higher education using a grounded-theory approach. This research is basic in terms of objective and qualitative in terms of execution. The target population included professors in the fields of educational management, higher education management, and philosophy of education at the University of Mohaghegh Ardabili and Farhangian University of Ardabil. Using criterion-based and theoretical purposive sampling, 15 experts were selected, and data were gathered through in-depth, semi-structured interviews conducted from May 2026 to September 2026, continuing until reaching theoretical saturation. To ensure the trustworthiness and credibility of the data and findings, three methods were employed: researcher reflexivity, triangulation, and auditor review. Following data collection, the interviews were analyzed using a coding process involving open, axial, and selective stages. The findings indicated that the ethical predictive data-driven leadership model in higher education is organized into 103 open codes, 22 categories, and 6 paradigmatic dimensions, including the core phenomenon, causal conditions, contextual conditions, intervening conditions, strategies, and consequences. The primary identified categories included developing ethical, forward-looking, and human-centric capacities for responsible data-driven decision-making; establishing organizational, cultural, technological, and governance infrastructure for ethical predictive data-driven leadership; organizational, human, and technological capacity and readiness to implement such leadership; employing transformative, ethical, and data-driven strategies for predictive decision-making and forward-looking university management; and enhancing governance, trust, performance, resilience, and strategic capacity in higher education through ethical predictive data-driven leadership. Accordingly, the designed model can, by bridging ethical leadership approaches and predictive data-driven capabilities as a novel paradigm, provide the foundation for realizing smart governance and promoting sustainable effectiveness in the higher education system.

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Identifying strategies to strengthen and develop the coaching of faculty members to train wise, committed, religious, and ethical human resources (Case study: Tehran, Tarbiat-Modares and Imam Sadeq Universities (

asghar zamani; mahtab pouratashi; seyedesmaeil mousavi

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 10 November 2026

https://doi.org/10.22034/jam.2026.146171.1181

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This study was conducted with the aim of identifying strategies to strengthen and develop faculty mentoring for the cultivation of human resources characterized by wisdom, commitment, ... Read More This study was conducted with the aim of identifying strategies to strengthen and develop faculty mentoring for the cultivation of human resources characterized by wisdom, commitment, religious faith, and ethical conduct ( University of Tehran, Tarbiat Modares University, and Imam Sadiq University). This is an applied study conducted using a sequential exploratory mixed-methods approach. The statistical population consisted of faculty members and experts from Tarbiat Modares University, the University of Tehran, and Imam Sadiq University. A purposive sampling method was used for the qualitative phase, with 13 individuals selected until theoretical saturation was reached; for the quantitative phase, 144 individuals were selected via random sampling. The data collection tool in the qualitative section was a semi-structured interview and in the quantitative section was a researcher-made questionnaire. The analysis of the findings in the qualitative section was carried out using open coding and content analysis, and in the quantitative section, this was done using descriptive and inferential statistics. The findings indicate that in order to train wise, committed, religious, and ethical human resources, attention should be paid to the capacities and capabilities of the university as a social system that has inputs, processes, and outputs, and it is necessary to strengthen the university's inputs and processes in accordance with these indicators. Accordingly, it is suggested that in recruiting faculty, talent search and selection should be more appropriate and accurate in relation to the research goals so that there is a basis for implementing the research goals, and that knowledge-enhancing courses on coaching and coaching methods, especially with Generation Z, be held for faculty members, and that practical measures be taken to ensure the wisdom, ethics, commitment, and religiousness of faculty members, as well as to train committed, ethical, wise, and religious human resources in the evaluations of professors

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