Analyzing and Ranking Factors Affecting Organizational Rip Currents

Abstract In this study, to discover variables effecting on organizational rip currents, at first the literature (books, journals, databases, websites, etc). was reviewed and 15 in-depth interviews was done by experts. Many variables affecting on organizational rip currents were collected. Second, using a Delphi Panel of 40 experts, variables were formed and the consensus was reached on the 36 indicators. The questionnaire was formed based on these finalized variables and questionnaires were distributed Among 500 experts that 364 ones were collected. Next using confirmatory factor analysis technique, factors were ranked and revealed contextual factors are the most important, and structural factors and behavioral ones are the next. Introduction All governments over the world are constantly changing. However, if you look at the foundations of the countries carefully, you will see that most of these changes are not based on a program and a kind of theory, but also they have some kind of contradictions within themselves that sometimes cause tensions in organizations as well. It can be said that these changes are merely to serve propaganda promises or to react to the threat of pressure groups and powerful stakeholders that target the pillars of organizations. In third world countries, when the life of a government comes to end and a new one comes to power, these changes are intensified. Therefore, this study seeks, by the inspiration of a natural phenomenon; identify the effects of developments in the society and the environment on the pillars of organization. In this study, environmental factors have been assimilated to those of marine splitter currents. The metaphor of the organizational is inspired by the natural phenomenon known as the marine splitter currents introduced by Sarlak, 2017 (Sarlak et al., 2017:105). By considering this natural phenomenon, the characteristics of changes in governments and organizations' environment can be identified that threat the pillars of organizations as splitter currents do. The recognition of the conditions, factors and environmental currents are considered as the fundamental elements of environment cognition and analysis in strategic management (Mobinian Dehkordi and Heidari, 2014: 22). Case study For measuring the variables of the research, 500 questionnaires containing 36 questions were distributed among managers, assistants and experienced experts in the field of employed management in Khuzestan province’s organizati