Horizon of Medical Education Development

Explaining the Organizational Commitment of Faculty Members during Telework Due to the Coronavirus: A Qualitative Study

https://doi.org/10.22038/hmed.2024.78115.1330
Volume 16, Issue 1
Winter 2025
Pages 32-40
Horizon of Medical Education Development

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Mohammad Hossein Khalilzadeh Naghneh 1
Mostafa Roshanzadeh 2
Somayeh Mohammadi 3
Mahdi Poornazari 2
Ali Taj 4

1 Department of Emergency Medicine, Saveh College of Nursing and Midwifery, Saveh, Iran.

2 Department of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord, Iran.

3 Student Research Committee, Faculty of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.

4 Non-Communicable Disease Control Center, Faculty of Medicine, Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences, Sabzevar, Iran.

Abstract
Introduction: The conditions of the coronavirus epidemic have had an undeniable impact on the career process of employees and especially academic staff members and have affected their teaching and activities. Telework is a form of changing the procedure in doing work that has potential and serious effects on the performance of the organization, so the present study was conducted to explain the experiences of faculty members during telework due to the coronavirus.
Materials & Methods: This qualitative study was conducted in one of the universities of medical sciences in 2022 using the contractual content analysis method. Overall, 15 faculty members who had telework experience during the Covid-19 era were selected in a purposive method and data were collected using semi-structured in-depth individual and group interviews. Interviews continued until data saturation and when no new themes or categories were obtained. Analysis was done using Gernheim and Lundman approach.
Results: Interviews with the participants were conducted during 4 months. Overall, 15 interviews were conducted face-to-face. The average duration of the interview was 30 minutes. The findings included one theme (Continuous and effective activity), and five categories (professor's professional commitment, institutionalized conscientiousness, usefulness in telework, continuous monitoring and supervision, conditions and atmosphere of the work environment).
Conclusion: The increase in the organizational commitment of academic staff members and their conscientiousness is formed due to the feeling of job satisfaction and usefulness in remote work, as well as the atmosphere governing the organization, and as a result of these issues, it improves the activities of the members.

Keywords

Telework
Organizational commitment
Academic staff member
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