Identifying drivers of Sustainable Human Resources Management implementation: A Study Case of Iran Securities and Exchange Organization, Iran Energy Exchange and Iran Mercantile Exchange

Sustainable Human Resources Management (SHRM) is a new paradigm in human resource management research that has become one of the most important international study trends in recent years. The investigations carried out indicate the lack of stability of human resources in the three stock exchange organizations studied in the framework of the Iranian Capital Market. This research has identified and analyzed the leading factors or the facilitators of the implementation of this paradigm in line with its application in these organizations.

Design/ methodology/ approach: 

This research has a qualitative approach and was done by “Theme Analysis” research method. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews and a total of sixteen experts HR and financial management from three organizations participated. To evaluate the quality of the research (validity and reliability), Lincoln and Guba's method was used.

From the text of the interviews, 125 key points were extracted. Then 5 main themes and 21 sub-themes were extracted. At the end, the analysis of themes was presented according to the conditions and context of the studied organizations.

Limitations & Consequences:  

The main limitation of the research is the lack of detailed ranking of the themes and sub-themes according to the priority and emphasis of the participants. Another limitation is the lack of designing a sustainable human resources implementation model in these organizations.

Practical Consequences: 

 This study can help the application of sustainable HRM and improve HR processes by analyzing the status of HRM and context analysis in the studied organizations.

Innovation or value of the Article: 

 Covering the theoretical and practical gap in previous researches by explaining the components of HR sustainability in stock exchange organizations and also explaining the environmental and institutional background components with a sociological approach.Paper Type: Research Paper