Organizational Ethnography as an Approach to the Appeal of Organizational Ideology: A Case Study in the Kurdistan Parliament – Iraq
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Organizational Ethnography, Organizational Ideology, Parliament of Kurdistan-Iraq.Abstract
The present research aims to introduce organizational ethnography as one of the key approaches to studying organizations and to explore its impact on shaping and enhancing organizational ideology—an inclusive framework that encompasses all the values, practices, and ideas guiding individual, organizational, and societal behavior. The study was conducted in the Parliament of Kurdistan, Iraq to clarify how ethnographic practices reflect on building a more coherent and effective organizational intellectual system. To achieve the research objectives and obtain the intended results, a questionnaire was designed to collect field data based on the descriptive-analytical method. It was distributed to all members of parliament using the census method, and a total of 102 valid questionnaires were returned for analysis. Statistical analyses were carried out using SPSS (V.27) and AMOS (V.25), with several statistical indicators calculated to form the basis for presenting and discussing the field results. The research concluded that organizational ethnography, measured through its individual and combined dimensions, has a significant effect on organizational ideology. Based on these findings, several recommendations were proposed to support parliamentary decision-makers in building a comprehensive intellectual framework for a strong and coherent organizational ideology that embodies the parliament’s overall vision, represents the will of the people in all its components, and meets their future aspirations. In addition, the study proposed several future research directions that serve the organizational field under investigation and open new horizons for exploring the relationship between ethnography and organizational ideology.
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