Journal of Rescue Relief

fa Designing a Competency Model for Iranian Red Crescent Society Volunteers Designing a Competency Model for Iranian Red Crescent Society Volunteers سایر موارد مرتبط با بحران، حوادث وامدادونجات Other matters related to crisis, disasters and rescue & relief پژوهشي Research article <div style="text-align: left;">INTRODUCTION: The aim of the current research was to design a competency model for volunteers to be used in the IRCS and Volunteers’ Organization. METHODS: This research has a mixed approach and was conducted in two qualitative and quantitative phases. The first phase was done using grounded theory and the next phase was based on a researcher-made questionnaire. A total of 11 people including professors and experts of the IRCS who were knowledgeable and experienced about the subject were studied using purposeful sampling through semi-structured interviews. Data was analyzed by Maxqda-2022. Then, a researcher-made questionnaire was prepared using the indicators obtained from the qualitative section and given to a number of experts in the IRCS (140 people). Data was analyzed using Smartpls3 and SPSS-26 software. FINDINGS: According to the findings in qualitative section, causal conditions consist of 2 main categories and 4 subcategories; background includes 1 main category and 2 sub-categories as well as central phenomenon 4 main categories and 20 sub-categories; also, intervening conditions 2 main categories and 4 sub-categories; and the strategies 2 main categories, 5 sub-categories, and finally the consequences are composed of 3 main categories and 3 sub-categories. The results of the quantitative analysis also emphasize the positive and meaningful relationship between each of the strategies and the competence of the volunteers, which means that each of these strategies can be effective in designing and developing the competency model of the volunteers. CONCLUSION: The results indicated that the competency of RCS volunteers requires various factors such as mental image at the community level and the culture of meritocracy at the level of the IRCS and Volunteers’ Organization. In the following, the results and its consequences can be observed for the volunteers, IRCS, Volunteers’ Organization, and finally for the community, beneficiaries and the affected people. All of which depend on the use of appropriate strategies to design the competency model of IRCS volunteers.  </div> INTRODUCTION: The aim of the current research is to design a competency model for volunteers to be used in the RCS and Volunteers’ Organization. METHODS: This research has a mixed approach and was conducted in two qualitative and quantitative phases. The first phase was done using grounded theory and the next phase was based on a researcher-made questionnaire. A total of 11 people including professors and experts of the IRCS who were knowledgeable and experienced about the subject were selected and interviewed using purposeful sampling through semi-structured interviews. Data was analyzed by Maxqda-2022. Then, a researcher-made questionnaire was prepared using the indicators obtained from the qualitative section and given to a number of experts in the IRCS (140 people). Data was analyzed using Smartpls3 and SPSS-26 software. FINDINGS: According to the findings in qualitative section, causal conditions consist of 2 main categories and 4 subcategories; background includes 1 main category and 2 sub-categories as well as central phenomenon 4 main categories and 20 sub-categories; also, intervening conditions 2 main categories and 4 sub-categories; and the strategies 2 main categories, 5 sub-categories, and finally the consequences are composed of 3 main categories and 3 sub-categories. The results of the quantitative analysis also emphasize the positive and meaningful relationship between each of the strategies and the competence of the volunteers, which means that each of these strategies can be effective in designing and developing the competency model of the volunteers. CONCLUSION: The results indicated that the competency of RCS volunteers requires various factors such as mental image at the community level and the culture of meritocracy at the level of the RCS and Volunteers’ Organization. In the following, the results and its consequences can be observed for the volunteers, IRCS, Volunteers’ Organization, and finally for the community, beneficiaries and the affected people. All of which depend on the use of appropriate strategies to design the competency model of IRCS volunteers. Competency model, Volunteers, IRCS, Grounded theory Competency model, Volunteers, IRCS, Grounded theory 100 110 http://jorar.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-581-3&slc_lang=fa&sid=1 Ashraf Sadat Mousavi اشرف سادات موسوی ash_mousavi@yahoo.com 100319475328460012594 100319475328460012594 No PhD of Culture & Communication, Researcher, Applied Science Higher Education Institute, Red Crescent Society of the Islamic Republic of Iran Yaghoub Aminzadeh یعقوب امین زاده 100319475328460012595 100319475328460012595 Yes Researcher, Research Center for Emergency and Disaster Resilience, IRCS, Tehran, Iran