Identifying the Effective Factors on Human Resources Excellence in Education (Elementary School Teachers)

Considering to the role of human resource excellence in improving the performance and effectiveness of the organization, the present study was conducted with the aim of identifying the effective factors on human resources excellence in education.

This study in terms of purpose was applied and in terms of implementation method was qualitative, the research population including the documents of human resources excellence and education experts of Alborz province in the 2019-20 academic years. The sample was considered according to the theoretical saturation principle 15 people who were selected by targeted and snowball sampling methods. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews whose validity was confirmed by the triangulation method and its reliability was calculated through the agreement coefficient between the two coders 0.84. Finally, the data were analyzed by open, axial and selective coding method.

The findings showed that the effective factors on human resources in elementary school teachers had 79 open codes, 41 axial codes and 19 selective codes. The selective codes were included of support management and leadership, providing facilities and needs of elementary school, effective communication and human relations of teacher, growing school culture, job motivation, belief and view of the teacher role, job satisfaction, salary and welfare, technological knowledge and skill, personal characteristics, cyber space, specialized knowledge and individual skills of elementary school, educational and developmental strategies, role of stakeholders (students and parents), attracting and training the qualified people, improving the quality of evaluation, facilitating organizational policies, teacher job competencies and teacher research skill.

Based on the research findings, the identified effective factors of human resource excellence in primary school teachers have practical implications for education specialists and they can improve the identified factors to improve the performance and effectiveness of the organization.