Designing a Human Dignity Management Model Based on Islamic Teachings

 Human dignity is an important issue in Islamic culture and preserves many divine-human values that may be of interest to managers and employees of organizations. Although studies on human dignity have been conducted, but a human dignity management model is still lacking in the administrative system based on Islamic teachings. Therefore, the present study aimed to design a human dignity model based on Islamic teachings.

 Descriptive phenomenology was applied as a qualitative research method. The statistical population of the study was all faculty members of theology and Islamic sciences departments of Zahedan universities with the academic rank of assistant professor and higher and with a teaching and research experience in the field of human dignity in the academic year 2018-19. 13 faculty members were selected using purposive sampling method until theoretical saturation was achieved. The data collection instrument included semi-structured interview. Strauss and Corbin coding was used in three levels: open, axial and elected to analyze the interview data. In this study, all ethical considerations were observed and no conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

 The results of interviews showed that the model of human dignity applying Islamic approach consisted of 21 axial codeis. The Identified axial codes were categorized into seven elected codes of being law-abiding, compensating for services, justice, meritocratic selection, social responsibility, building trust and participatory decision making.

 Organizational managers can maintain and enhance employee dignity by observing the indicators of being law-abiding, compensation for services, justice, meritocratic selection, social responsibility, building trust and participatory decision making.