Background and objective: Anchors of the progressive pathway are inspirational factors of work which are the cause of the existence of a strong sense that make the job relaxing, interesting and exciting. The purpose of this study was to present a process model of job anchors for employees of the Tehran General Education Department. Method: This was a qualitative study using purposive sampling and semi-structured interviews with 15 experts from the General Department. Continuous comparative method was used for data analysis in Strauss and Corbin's grounded theory approach during three stages of open, axial and selective coding. In order to further validate the results of this qualitative research that was conducted after extracting the main concepts and sub-categories, the Delphi method was used to perform the necessary adjustments. Findings: The job anchors of the General Department staff have the dimensions, technical-functional competence, managerial competence, security, creativity, independence, self-sacrifice, self-sacrifice, sheer challenge and style. Also, causal conditions, contextual factors, strategies, confounding conditions, and outcomes of job anchors were extracted using the foundation data theory method. Results: If the organization focuses on its employees' job anchors based on the factors influenced in this model, it will be a civilized organization in which organizational hope and human resource sustainability can be achieved and employees attain personal growth.