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Administrative Reform and Style of Work Behavior: Adaptors-Innovators

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In this paper the situation of Iranian reform agents from their style of work behavior point of view (such as problem solving and decision making) is analyzed.

The assessment is based on a modified version of Kirton's theory of adaptors and innovators (modified KAI). The purpose of this study is to see whether the reform agents were seen as innovative enough to bring about fundamental changes in Iranian bureaucracy. The study of work behavior makes a difference in how people approach, solve and communicate problems, and therefore, may influence the success of reform program. Although the results indicate that the reform program was not perceived as having been as successful as expected, however, about 75 percent of Iranian reform agents could be categorized as “innovative-inclined”. The level of education and age account for little of the variance in the responses. Differences in the (modified) KAI mean scores of the agents of reform working in different organizations may explain some communication problems.

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Monavvarrian, A. Administrative Reform and Style of Work Behavior: Adaptors-Innovators. Public Organization Review 2, 141–164 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1016012712088

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