Content analysis of Articles in «Management Studies in Development & Evolution Journal» During the 7-Year Period (2011-2018)

Abstract

The journal of science and research of Management Studies (Improvement and Development) belong to Allameh Tabataba'i University In order to provide the latest theoretical and scientific findings on management focusing on the issues of evolution management.The purpose of this study is to examine and evaluate the form and content of the articles in this Journal. The research method is qualitative and based on content analysis and a descriptive-analytical approach is used to describe and evaluate the content of the articles in the target community. The statistical population of this study, 163 articles published in the last 7 years from No: 63 (spring 2011) to No: 86 (winter 2018) is the «Management Studies in Development and Evolution Journal». In order to describe the objective and qualitative content of the concepts, systematically and in the form of 11 parameters has been done. The results of the thematic study show that the articles are categorized in 13 general topics and 55 sub-topics, among which the subject of organizational behavior was the most discussed topic in the papers with the remaining 41/20 percent. Also, the rate of participation of researchers was well evaluated, as 417 researchers contributed to the writing of 163 articles, while the participation of Tehran universities was higher. Investigating research methods showed that descriptive-applied articles, quantitative research method and questionnaire's tools were well-known techniques of researchers in this field