Designing an Employee Adherence Model through Common Strategic Reference Points Theory

The purpose of this study is to design an employee adherence model using the theory of strategic reference points in the Iranian public sector. This is a combined research following descriptive-survey method for data collection. Two methods of data collection, documentary study and Delphi technique, are used to identify the components of employee adherence. Statistical population of this research includes human resource managers of governmental agencies and management experts, 17 of whom are selected as the sample according to purposeful snowball sampling method. Data collection tool is a researcher-made questionnaire whose reliability with a 95% confidence level is equal to 0.954 (Cronbach's alpha) indicating a high internal consistency of the researcher-made tool. The content validity of the questionnaire is also confirmed. SPSS22 and Smart PLS statistical software are used for data analysis and model designing. Using Delphi technique, the researchers arrived at 12 components and 60 indicators as the most important components of employee adherence. Finally, having obtained the strategic reference points, the researchers determined the position of each type of adherence.