Understanding Human Resource Professionalism: A Research with a meta-synthesis approach

Professionalism is a key concept in the sociology of work, the sociology of occupations, the sociology of professions, management, public administration, Organizational Behavior and in general, organizations and societies at large. Research evidence suggests that executives and top managers have limited attitudes toward human resource function and human resource practitioners, experts and human resource managers but today, new realities of organizations in the global level have put the emphasis on professional status of human resources around the world. Therefore, the main objective of this research is to identify influencing factors on HR professionalism and the dimensions and components of human resource professionalism in organizations. In order to achieve this goal, this research has been carried out using a qualitative method (Meta-analysis). The tool for collecting data and information in this study is the past documents in this field, which generally consists of 36 articles. The method of data analysis is based on open coding. The results indicate that the factors affecting the professionalism of human resources can be based on three general categories (environmental, organizational and individual) and identified dimensions can be analyzed on nine dimensions (governing body, ethical code, independence, certification, legal status, contribution to Society, the body of knowledge, research base, identification). Finally, based on the findings of the study, suggestions are presented.