Payame Noor University Public Organizations Management 2322-522X 8 4 2020 06 21 Identifying and Prioritizing the Criteria Affecting the Career Path of Knowledge Workers Using the Fuzzy Network Analysis Model Identifying and Prioritizing the Criteria Affecting the Career Path of Knowledge Workers Using the Fuzzy Network Analysis Model 95 108 6862 10.30473/ipom.2020.50491.3945 FA Ebrahim Rajabpour Assistant Professor, Department of Business Administration, Persian Gulf University, Bushehr, Iran Journal Article 2019 12 24 One of the most important processes which has not been seriously taken into account in human ‎resources management is the career path management. With regards to the present era, known as the ‎knowledge economy era, knowledge and knowledge workers are of great significance. Hence, the ‎issue being studied in the present study is the determination of importance of criteria affecting the ‎career path of knowledge workers in both research and managerial groups; therefore, this study ‎aims mainly at the prioritization of factors affecting the career path of knowledge workers of the ‎Research Institute of Petroleum Industry. To prioritize the factors affecting the career path in this ‎research, the fuzzy network analysis model with the nonlinear planning approach. Compared to the ‎other prioritization methods, using this technique is because of assumptions that are more consistent ‎with the real conditions of decision-making. Six factors were identified as the factors affecting the ‎career path management of knowledge workers in this research. The results show that among the ‎six main criteria studied in two knowledge workers, the orders of criteria influence on the career ‎path are the same. The exclusive competencies have the highest level of importance in the career ‎path of knowledge workers in both groups followed by the criteria of performance assessment, ‎advantageous properties, training courses, working experience and education, respectively.‎ One of the most important processes which has not been seriously taken into account in human ‎resources management is the career path management. With regards to the present era, known as the ‎knowledge economy era, knowledge and knowledge workers are of great significance. Hence, the ‎issue being studied in the present study is the determination of importance of criteria affecting the ‎career path of knowledge workers in both research and managerial groups; therefore, this study ‎aims mainly at the prioritization of factors affecting the career path of knowledge workers of the ‎Research Institute of Petroleum Industry. To prioritize the factors affecting the career path in this ‎research, the fuzzy network analysis model with the nonlinear planning approach. Compared to the ‎other prioritization methods, using this technique is because of assumptions that are more consistent ‎with the real conditions of decision-making. Six factors were identified as the factors affecting the ‎career path management of knowledge workers in this research. The results show that among the ‎six main criteria studied in two knowledge workers, the orders of criteria influence on the career ‎path are the same. The exclusive competencies have the highest level of importance in the career ‎path of knowledge workers in both groups followed by the criteria of performance assessment, ‎advantageous properties, training courses, working experience and education, respectively.‎ https://ipom.journals.pnu.ac.ir/article_6862_6ae4e89725723072f9a333f08ccc7ee0.pdf