Designing and explaining the of Sustainable Belongings Model of New Generation Employees through Grounded Theory (A Study in Information and Communication Technology Business)

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 PhD candidate in human resource management, Department of Public Administration, Faculty of Management, Islamic Azad University of North of Tehran,Iran.

2 Associate professor at the Department of Public administration, Faculty of Management, Islamic Azad University of North of Tehran,Iran.

3 Associate Professor at the Department of Strategic Management, Amin University of Law Enforcement Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

4 Full professor at the Department of Management, Faculty of Management and Accounting, Allameh Tabatabaei University, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

Employing qualitative research method and the research strategy of grounded theory, this study aims at designing and explaining sustainable belongings model of the new employees, which causes fewer negative effects of environmental changes and challenges and prolongs the servicing of new generation employees in the organization. Data collection is performed by semi-structured in-depth interviews with 25 new generation employees working in ICT-related business and experts in the field of employee belongings in the ICT industry. The sample is selected theoretically by snowball technique. The analysis of the collected data, according to the Strauss and Corbin paradigm model, is performed in three stages of open coding, axial coding and selective coding. The results revealed that belongings of the new generation of employees are the final consequence of their experience in the workplace. Pleasing and developing workspace (as actions and interactions) can promote the new generation’s belongings. Furthermore, efficient interaction between managers and employees (as a central category), actions and activities focusing on the expectations of new generation employees (as intervening factors) designed and implemented by the human resources units, the nature and the brand of the company (as a governing body), involve factors which affect the development of attractive and developing workspace. Organizational culture in line with the values ​​of new generation employees were identified and introduced in this study as causal conditions and the baises promoting sustainable belongings of new generation employees.

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Journal of Research in Human Resources Management
Volume 13, Issue 4 - Serial Number 46
NO. 46, Winter Quarterly
January 2022
Pages 157-189

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  • Receive Date: 01 December 2020
  • Revise Date: 17 April 2021
  • Accept Date: 14 November 2021

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