Providing A Holonic Framework of Person – organization Relationships Based on the Theory of Being-centered Leadership/S (Case Study: Rumi’s Mathnavi E Ma’navi)

Alavi Matin, Fatemeh; Rastgar, Abasali; Abedi Jafari, Hasan; Shafiei Nikabadi, Mohsen

doi:10.22034/jhrs.2026.580333.2575

Providing A Holonic Framework of Person – organization Relationships Based on the Theory of Being-centered Leadership/S (Case Study: Rumi’s Mathnavi E Ma’navi)

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Fatemeh Alavi Matin ¹

Abasali Rastgar ²

Hasan Abedi Jafari ³

Mohsen Shafiei Nikabadi ⁴

¹ Ph.D., Department of Public Administration, Faculty of Economics, Management and Administrative Sciences, Semnan University, Semnan, Iran.

² Prof., Department of Business Management, Faculty of Economics, Management and Administrative Sciences, Semnan University, Semnan, Iran.

³ Assistant Prof., Department of Leadership and Human Capital, Faculty of Public Administration and Organizational Sciences, College of Management, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran.

⁴ Prof., Department of Industrial Management, Faculty of Economics, Management and Administrative Sciences, Semnan University, Semnan, Iran.

10.22034/jhrs.2026.580333.2575

Abstract

Background & Purpose: The being-centered leadership theory is a new theory in the field of organizational leadership with a holonic structure that is based on being (existence) rather than doing or having. This theory focuses on the leader, while organizational leadership includes the concepts of leader, follower, and situation. Accordingly, the goal of the present study is to providing a framework of holonic person-organization relationships based on the being-centered leadership theory. Person-organization relationships in this study are equivalent to leader-follower relationships in the systematic framework of the organization.
Methodology: The philosophy of the present interdisciplinary research is interpretive and its orientation is fundamental, which has been carried out with an inductive approach, a qualitative methodological choice, and the thematic analysis method. The selected source for extracting research data is Rumi's Masnavi.
Findings: Person-organization relationships, as a framework and based on the being-centered leadership theory, is a holarchy consisting of human role holons and organizational role holons of leader and/or follower. Accordingly, the framework of person-organization relationships based on social exchange theory can be redefined as the holarchy of person-organization relationships based on the being-centered leadership theory.
Conclusion: The model of the present research is evidence of this claim that the path of leadership in an organization requires fundamental changes in the attention paid by both leaders and followers to fulfilling human and organizational roles. The human role of all human resources whether in the position of leader or follower or leader and follower, is the spirit that governs the organization, which can be influential in achieving spiritual excellence, which is reaching God.

Keywords

Holon

Masnavi e Manavi

Rumi

The being-centered leadership

The person-organization relationships.

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