Identifying and Prioritizing the Dimensions and Components of Sustainable Employment with an Emphasis on General Employment Policies Using the Fuzzy Analytic Network Process (ANP)

The purpose of this study is to identify and prioritize the dimensions and components of sustainable employment with an emphasis on general employment policies using the fuzzy Analytic Network Process (ANP). This is an applied-developmental research using an exploratory mixed method. The study sample consists of 50 university experts being selected through purposive sampling and snowball method. Semi-structured interviews and questionnaires were used as data collection instruments. The first phase consisted of identifying the components using the Delphi technique and questionnaire number one and in the second phase to prioritize the identified components and dimensions using questionnaire number two and network analysis method (ANP). The indicators identified and approved by the experts were classified into five dimensions of economic, political, social, environmental and technological dimensions, respectively. The final weights of the components of sustainable employment show that economic growth with a final weight of 0.122, capital efficiency with 0.088, fair distribution of benefits with 0.074, policy making with 0.073, the utilization of resources with 0.067, the rule of law with 0.066, environmental diversity with 0.059 and technology infrastructure with 0.055 are, respectively, the first to eighth priorities. Therefore, it is suggested that executive managers, when designing, implementing and developing employment programs and policies in line with government programs, try to pay attention to the main dimensions of sustainable employment and try to fully monitor these dimensions and sub-components.