Designing a model to promote the policy implementation capacity based on network governance by integrated methodology (Case study: the society of science and technology policy in West Azerbaijan)

This study aims to designing a model to promote the policy implementation capacity based on network governance by integrated methodology and study it in Iran science and technology policy case study: the society of science and technology policy in West Azerbaijan which in turns was able to overlap the probable lacks of previous researches by representing a modern and comprehensive model that had a minor point of view on each of the factors. At the first stage of this research, a prototype was designed after conducting first studies and considering the theoretical framework and interviewing with professionals with a qualitative methodology (Delphi) (Kendal's Harmonic coefficient 0.7). According to this case the independent variable i.e. the policy implementation capacity is prioritized considering aspects like competence, dependence and coherence respectively and the dependent variable i.e. network governance is ranked regarding organizational, behavioral and environmental factors respectively by referees and was approved and agreed upon in the forth steps. The obtained model was examined by carrying out case studies in policy society in order to consider the multiplicity in study, and elevate the validity of results and achieve study goals. Factor analysis approved the final model except in some trivial cases in small scales. Then along with investigating the status of each of the variables and aspects a Wilcoxon method and sign test and to analyze the process of model a structural equations model was applied which demonstrated that network governance has a significant and positive effect on the policy implementation capacity with the certainty of 99% (E=0.56) and grace indexes of conceptual model in this study are in an acceptable level.