JOURNAL OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT RESEARCH
Year:2018 | Volume:10 | Issue:1 (31) |Papers Count:13

Given the increasing importance of human resources as the most essential asset of the organization, evaluating and improving HRM processes is critical to achieve the goals of organizations. This research is intended to evaluate the maturity of human resources management processes of Saze Gostar of Saipa Company based on Philips human resource model, and provide suggestions for its improvement. This is an applied research containing a descriptive practice-oriented case study. The data was collected through interviews with the experts at HR departments, as well as reviewing the organizational documents. The results of data analysis illustrated that the overall average of maturity of HRM processes in organizations was at level two. The process of HR systems and data management was at the highest level with the score of five, and the processes of organizational development capability, talent management and reward and appreciation reached the lowest level with a score of one. HR processes, staff development, immunity and health, as well as internal and external communications were at level 3. Personnel and performance management processes got a score of two. Considering the functional gaps indicated by evaluation results, the researchers made some suggestions for the implementation of projects for the improvement and promotion of the organization.

This research is intended to investigate the stages of establishing a model for succession management system for organizations. The statistical population of this research contain the senior managers of Zobeahan-e-Esfahan Company, among whom 19 people were selected as the sample through purposeful snowball sampling method. A semi-structured interview was conducted to determine the deployment stages. Then, by applying CVR and CVI, the researcher attempted to survey the content of the stages of establishing succession system by evaluating them through a questionnaire. Having conducted the interviews and after the identification of the main themes, the questionnaire was designed based on the indicators and sub-indicators of the themes. Data analysis was performed through SPSS software in quantitative phase, and thematic analysis was based on Clarke and Brown (2006) three-phase coding through NVivo software. The results indicated that six indicators, from 32 sub-indicators extracted from the interviews, were removed due to their low validity, and 26 indicators were verified by the model of measurement and fitness indexes in the Lisrel software, which occurs in procedural and gradual way. Also, it was found that each of the themes was the background of the previous one for establishing the system.

Green human resource management is the most important component of green management which has attracted the attention of many HRM researchers recently. This research is aimed at designing a structural model of human resource management based on human resource management systems. It is being proposed for the first time in the literature of human resource management. This applied research follows a descriptive-survey method. It is a cross-sectional research in terms of time. A combination of a structured questionnaire on green human resources management and a researcher-made questionnaire on human resource management systems was used for data collection. The reliability of the instruments was tested through convergent method, and the validity was calculated by Cronbach's alpha coefficient. The statistical population of this research contains all managers of Fars Power Distribution Company (120 members). The sample included 92 people selected according to Cochran formula based on stratified random sampling. The research hypotheses were tested through structural equation modeling with SmartPLS software. The results indicated that the effectiveness of predictive variables for implementing green human resources management can be ranked in the following way: maintenance, compensation, performance management and human resource development. The relationship between these systems and the management of green human resources turned out to be significant.

Job destructive reflections such as burnout, occupational stress and organizational pessimism impose heavy costs and consequences, such as frequent absence, change of jobs and workplace, reduction of the quality of service provided to customers, mental health impacts, inactivity and delays in special and administrative works and the like, on organizations and the employees. In order to reduce the negative consequences of this type of effects, this research is aimed at studying the role of spiritual connection on job satisfactory reflections through employees' belonging styles. This applied research follows a descriptive correlational method. A questionnaire was used to collect information in this research. The statistical population of the study contains 385 employees of Parsshahab lamp factory (in Guilan province), from whom a sample of 158 was selected using simple classification based on Cochran's formula. To test the hypotheses, the least squares method and smartPLS software were employed. The results indicated that spiritual bonding through individuals belonging styles has a significant effect on the job destructive outcomes and reflections.

This research aims at identifying and explaining the antecedents of human resource empowerment through knowledge management approach, and to suggest a model for the assessment of the effect of knowledge management on empowerment. This applied research follows a descriptive-survey method. It employs thematic analysis for designing the conceptual model, and uses structural equations and Amos software for explaining the role of knowledge management as a mediator. The statistical population consists of 16 experts of human resources in the exploratory interviewing phase. For statistical analysis, the population contains all employees and managers of the Keshavarzi Bank, from whom 46 people are selected as samples through a judgmental and purposeful method. The data was collected through exploratory interviews and a questionnaire. For the customization and testing of the validity of the questionnaire, it was offered to a number of management and human resources experts. The reliability of the questionnaire according to Cronbach's alpha coefficient was equal to 0. 877. Eight subthemes and two main themes including "cultural factors" and "capacity building" were identified in thematic analysis. The results indicated that the role of KM as an intermediary variable is quite significant for empowering employees through the combination of cultural factors and capacity building in organizations.

This research is aimed at developing a proper framework for the talent spotting and succession planning in higher education system through a mixed research approach. In the beginning phase, various aspects and components of talent spotting and succession planning were investigated from the viewpoints of several experts through directional and summary content analysis and semi-structured interviews. Then, the identified factors were validated by 30 experts having either higher education degrees in human resource management courses or being involved in teaching of these courses at university level, or being employed at senior levels of human resource management at universities or higher education institutions. Using Delphi method, Friedman test and Kendall coordination coefficient, six main themes, 18 sub-components and 118 indicators and final concepts were identified. Finally, a coherent framework based on causative factors, contextual factors, competence modeling, elitism, empowerment and maintenance were presented.

This research is aimed at designing a model for organizational performance evaluation of Ansar Bank. Due to the special features of Ansar Bank, a five-dimensional balanced scorecard (BSC) model was developed to enable Ansar Bank to plan its vision and to achieve its goals simultaneously. The aspects of developed balanced scorecard includes financial, growth and learning, internal processes, sustainability, and customers. The validity of the aspects, components and indicators was tested by experts' opinions, Lawshe coefficient and factor load, and its reliability was assessed by Cronbach's alpha coefficient. The statistical population of the research contains all senior executives and experts (175 managers) of Ansar Bank. Friedman's correlation test was employed for data analysis. The results indicated that there is a meaningful relationship between five dimensions of the evaluation aspects of the model. The results of Friedman mthod analysis also showed that financial aspect gained the first priority, growth and learning was in the second position, internal processes was the third priority, sustainability was in the fourth position, and the dimension of customers gained the last priority.

The digital footprint reflects the information created and used by each media. It can be used in recruitment decisions. This qualitative research is intended to identify key issues in the application of online social media related to recruitment and employees protection. Hence, ten human resource managers involved in employees recruitment and retirement were intentionally chosen. They were asked to participate in the interview. This qualitative study follows an explorative approach, and applies theme analysis for identifying the concepts. Open interviews are employed for data collection. Ten specialist of human resource in the population of active companies in leading industries compose statistical sample of this research. The results of this study will lead to an increase in awareness of the use of digital footprint by companies relating to recruitment and decisions about employees. Rise of employers’ information about the fact that social media data can affect recruitment and dismissal decisions, would result in less disciplinary and discharge outcomes.

These days, constant and continuous focus on a job by the individuals is a plain sign of job stability leading to the tedious and repetitive condition of jobs. Hence, human resource experts use a job rotation shift human resources and familiarizing them with different intra-organizational situations in order to increase motivation in them and conduct talent management and succession planning. This study is aimed at investigating the possibility of establishing a job rotation system at the Refahe Kargaran Bank. This applied research employed a survey method for data collection. To this end, a questionnaire was developed for the assessment of the feasibility of establishing a job rotation system. The questionnaire was confirmed with a total reliability of 0. 85 which was obtained through Cronbach's alpha test. The statistical population of this study contained a total number of 10561 executives and employees of the bank throughout the country, from whom 372 were selected as the sample. To prevent sample loss and to reach the actual number, more questionnaires were distributed, among which 423 ones were collected. Analysis of the data through SPSS and LISREL software, the results of the one-sample T-test and the load factor indicated that establishing a job rotation system is feasible in all components, except for the laws and regulations, at this bank.