Introduce a Conceptual Model for Explaining the Obstacles to the Implementation of Sustainable Human Resource Management, Case Study: National Petrochemical Company

Omranzadeh, Esmaell; Shakeri, Elmira

doi:10.30473/ipom.2024.69956.4930

Document Type : Exploratory

Authors

Esmaell Omranzadeh ¹
Elmira Shakeri ²

¹ Assistant Professor, Department of Public Administration, Mamqan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mamqan, Iran

² Ph.D, Department of Business Management, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran.

https://doi.org/10.30473/ipom.2024.69956.4930

Abstract

In the last two decades, throughout the advanced and industrialized countries of the world, attention to the sustainable management of human resources as a new paradigm has grown a lot, based on this, the purpose of this research is to provide a conceptual model to explain the obstacles to the implementation of human resources management in the National Industrial CompanyAccordingly, it uses grounded analysis and induction-based coding approach through Atlas.ti - specific explorative analysis software. The conclusions are emerged from 19 semi - structured field interviews and some secondary documents. The samples are resulted from a combination of purposeful, snowball, and convenience sampling method. Finally, it is indicated that causal conditions of “inability to attract skillful and talented human resources, inability to maintain skillful and talented human resources andinability to direct skillful and talented human resources, Legal responsibility and value system” along with Intervener conditions of
“labor conditions, customer conditions, management factors and macro-environment conditions” shape the phenomenon of “instability of human resource management, The instability of work systems, the absence of cybernetic management, the absence of systemic thinking and imbalance” in a context of “environmental complexities and managers and culture’ perspectives”. This factors together, construct “illegality of management actions, Lack of legitimacy of management actions, lack of attention to creating common mental models and lack of awareness strategy” and consequence of “individual damages, organizational damages and social damages, economic damage and environmental damage”.

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Volume 12, Vol 3 , Series 47 - Serial Number 47
June 2024
Pages 115-136

Introduce a Conceptual Model for Explaining the Obstacles to the Implementation of Sustainable Human Resource Management, Case Study: National Petrochemical Company

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Volume 12, Vol 3 , Series 47 - Serial Number 47June 2024Pages 115-136

Volume 12, Vol 3 , Series 47 - Serial Number 47
June 2024
Pages 115-136