Providing a Strategic Model for Measuring National Resilience

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 Assistant Professor, Institute of Strategic Management and Human Resources, University and Higher Institute of National Defense and Strategic Research

2 University of Tehran

Abstract

The current research is designed with the aim of determining the strategic model of measuring national resilience in Iran. This research has been carried out with a sequential mixed method, i.e. first qualitative and then quantitative, and it is of mixed exploratory type. This research is fundamental and applied in terms of orientation and purpose. The spatial territory of the research is the city of Tehran and its temporal territory is the spring and summer of 1401. In terms of the subject area, the present research belongs to the field of social sciences and has been processed under the macrostructure of national resilience. For sampling from the statistical population in the qualitative part, the snowball sampling method was used, and to determine the sample size, the purposeful sampling method was used up to the theoretical saturation, i.e. 16 experts and experts. The data collected through the interviews were coded with thematic analysis method and after identifying the main and secondary concepts and themes, a conceptual model was extracted. In the quantitative part, a questionnaire with 121 items was designed and an available sample of 60 experts from various fields was developed. The collected data were analyzed quantitatively with SPSS and PLS software. The results of the research indicate the appropriate reliability of the structures and the acceptability of the convergent validity of the model structures. According to the results of this article, the strategic model for measuring national resilience in Iran has eight economic, social, cultural, political, defense, security, environmental and technology dimensions, which includes 23 components and 83 indicators.
 

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Strategy
Volume 31, Issue 2 - Serial Number 103
September 2022
Pages 219-252

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  • Receive Date: 14 June 2022
  • Revise Date: 14 July 2022
  • Accept Date: 09 August 2022

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