Factors affecting the implementation of sustainable human resource management

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Assistant Professor, Department of Executive Management, Faculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences, University of Mazandaran, Babolsar, Iran.

2 Doctoral student of strategic management, Allameh Tabatabai University, Tehran, Iran.

3 PhD student in Marketing Management, Mazandaran University, Babolsar, Iran

4 PhD student of business administration of Semnan University

10.22080/shrm.2024.4901

Abstract

The aim of this research is to identify and stratify the factors affecting sustainable human resource management in order to implement it effectively using structural interpretive modeling (ISM).
Method: The current research is applied in terms of purpose and exploratory in terms of method, which was done in a mixed qualitative and quantitative way. In the first phase of the research, the meta synthesis method was used. In the second phase and the quantitative part, Interpretive Structural Modeling (ISM) method was used to level the factors and identify the most influential components.
Findings: According to the results obtained from the research, 7 components and 43 indicators were identified and validated for this purpose.
Conclusion: The results of this research indicate that the components of stakeholder pressure, government policies and regulations, factors related to human resources policy, cultural factors, and factors related to employees are interrelated variables; These variables have high dependence and high guiding power, in other words, the effectiveness and effectiveness of these criteria are very high and any small change on these variables causes fundamental changes in the system. Since the components that are determined as outputs in the last iterations will be more effective in terms of the interpretive structural equation method, therefore the components of government policies and regulations, and economic factors will be more effective and in order to achieve the implementation of sustainable human resources management. You should pay attention to these factors.

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Journal of Sustainable Human Resource Management
Volume 6, Issue 10
April 2024
Pages 295-273

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