Presenting an Elite Maintenance Ethical Model for Iranian Public Agencies

One of the most important factors influencing the success of organizations is the useful and efficient human resources. In addition to facilitating elite retention, ethical governance in the organization reduces conflicts and increases productivity. For this reason, in this paper, a model for elite maintenance in Iranian public agencies is designed based on the ethics and specific culture of the Iranian society. This research is a combination of two quantitative and qualitative approaches. It is also applied in terms of purpose and is descriptive-exploratory in terms of nature. The research method is thematic analysis. The data collection method was a deep interview with 13 experts. The results are categorized into four main themes, including organizational, individual, psychological and occupational themes. Ten companies were selected as sample by cluster sampling and the questionnaires were distributed among managers and their human resources experts. According to research findings in organizational aspect, factors such as organizational justice, organizational support, participation and organizational culture are important in maintaining the elites. From the psychological point of view, the reverence of the elites and in terms of job, job independence, challenge, and quality play an important role in maintaining the elite. Also, paying attention to individual features of the elite, especially risk-taking, is a very important factor in keeping them alive.