Introducing a Model of Human Resources Governance in Public Organizations (A Case Study of Social Security Organization)

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Associate Prof., Department of Management, Faculty of Management and Accounting, Farabi Campus, University of Tehran, Qom, Iran.

2 Associate Prof., Department of Leadership and Human Capital, Faculty of Public Administration and Organizational Sciences, College of Management, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

3 Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Management, Faculty of Management and Accounting, Farabi Campus, University of Tehran, Qom, Iran.

10.22034/jhrs.2024.189964

Abstract

Background & Purpose: Rapid environmental changes require organizations to apply adaptive changes for survival and growth. Creating the fields of employee adaptation to respond to the demand and requirements of unstable environments is one of the main challenges of today's organizations and the existence of resource governance. Human resources in organizations, while maintaining the independence of departments, also creates an environment for interaction and cooperation between units. The main goal of this research is to present the governance model of human resources in government organizations (social security organization).
Methodology: This research is of a qualitative, interpretive, and inductive type, and the approach of a single case study was implemented with the homogeneity analysis method. In the search process, only studies that answer the research question are desired. Finally, using the criterion sampling method axis, studies were selected that were related to the question or purpose of the research.
Findings: After investigating the results of the reviewed selected studies,14 subcategories in the form of 4 main forms of senior managers, line managers, human resource professionals, and employees were identified. which are defined along with concepts such as playing the role of a transformative leader, policy making. These subcategories construct the model of governance human resources in the social security organization.
Conclusion: According to the interviews conducted at two levels of managers and experts, concepts such as playing the role of a transformative leader, playing an active and superior role in human resources committees, creating a balance between stability and innovation, developing individual and organizational insight and communication transparent between units, complete the final model. Also, the category of human resources professionals plays the most important role in the social security organization.

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Journal of Human Resource Management
Volume 13, Issue 4
December 2023
Pages 42-70

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  • Receive Date: 08 February 2024
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