ياسين شمشادي

The phenomenon of the "Corridor of Dwarfism" represents a hidden an‎d erosive mechanism within bureaucratic organizations, signifying a vicious cycle in which incompetent managers systematically reproduce less-competent managers an‎d disempowered employees. This cycle is perpetuated through the application of management tools an‎d practices that are fundamentally misaligned with human dignity, effectively blocking meritocracy an‎d cementing institutional incapacity. This qualitative study, utilizing the Grounded Theory method based on the Strauss an‎d Corbin approach, investigates the formation, perpetuation, an‎d reproduction mechanisms of this phenomenon in bureaucratic organizations. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews with 12 experts an‎d analyzed via open, axial, an‎d selec‎tive coding. The results led to the identification of five main categories: causal conditions, contextual conditions, intervening conditions, strategies, an‎d consequences. Within this framework, the "Corridor of Dwarfism" emerges as the core phenomenon, interacting with the structural an‎d cultural conditions of the organization to form a self-reinforcing cycle. The findings indicate that the dominance of a deferential/subservient culture, excessive politicalization of administration, lack of transparency in career advancement paths, an‎d the absence of effective performance eva‎luation systems provide a fertile ground for the emergence an‎d proliferation of this phenomenon. Reforming the performance eva‎luation structure an‎d fostering a culture of transparency an‎d meritocracy are proposed as key solutions to counteract it.

دالان كوتولگي , ديوان‌سالاري , كوتوله‌پروري , شايسته‌سالاري , منابع انساني بخش عمومي , گراندد تئوري

Corridor of Dwarfism , Bureaucracy , Cultivation of Incompetence , Meritocracy , Public Sector Human Resources , Grounded Theory

yasin shemshadi

mahdi abdolhamid