Title:
Designing a Model of Empowering Leadership Competencies in Iranian Higher Education Institutions
Authors:
hossein hamzavi
(Corresponding Author
)
Ph.D. Candidate in Human Resource Management, Faculty of Management and Accounting, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran.
(Corresponding Author
)
Ph.D. Candidate in Human Resource Management, Faculty of Management and Accounting, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran.
Vajhollah Ghorbanizadeh
Professor, Department of Public Administration, Faculty of Management and Accounting, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran.
Professor, Department of Public Administration, Faculty of Management and Accounting, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran.
Alireza Kooshki Jahromi
Associate Professor, Department of Public Administration, Faculty of Management and Accounting, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran.
Associate Professor, Department of Public Administration, Faculty of Management and Accounting, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran.
Abstract:
The purpose of this research was to design a model of empowering leadership competencies in Iranian higher education institutions. This research was qualitative in terms of implementation, applied in terms of purpose, and exploratory-descriptive in nature. The statistical population included documents, articles, and reports published between 2010 and 2026 from reputable scientific databases. The research method was based on the seven-step framework of Sandelowski and Barroso (2007) and was conducted through qualitative content analysis and three-stage coding. The findings showed that the model of empowering leadership competencies in Iranian higher education institutions consists of 5 main competencies, 21 sub-components, and 112 indicators, with the main competencies being: strategic and visionary competencies, communicative and interactive competencies, ethical and value-based competencies, developmental and educational competencies, and personal and psychological competencies. The results showed that empowering leadership in Iranian higher education institutions is a multidimensional, dynamic, and context-based phenomenon in which strategic competencies serve as the main foundation, communicative competencies as the link to organizational members, ethical competencies as the trust-building and differentiating element, developmental competencies as the engine of human capital growth, and personal and psychological competencies as the condition for the leader's survival and sustainability in the changing higher education environment.