Explaining the Dimensions of Employees Dignity Based on the Views of the Supreme Leader

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1 PhD candidate of Public administration, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran

2 Corresponding Author, associate professor of public administration, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran

3 Full professor of public administration at Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran

4 Associate professor, faculty of management and economics, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

The main human requirements regards his need for respect and dignity. Furthermore, the origins of psychological and moral problems in organizations, as well as reduction of employees’ motivation, satisfaction and commitment include issues such as lack of respect in the relationship between managers and subordinates, lack of self-esteem in comparison with others, which result in the reduction of dignity and social positions of the employees. Using qualitative thematic analysis, the researchers reviewed and codified the speeches of the Supreme Leader between 1979 and 2018. Then open codes related to the concept of employees’ dignity were identified and classified. Afterwards, the dimensions of dignity, the base of its promotion, and, finally, the direct outcomes of the promotion of dignity were categorized in the form of six comprehensive themes, twenty six organizing themes, and 117 basic themes. They were then structured as networks relating to the concept of the dignity of the employees from the viewpoint of the Supreme Leader. The findings of this research can be applied to the improvement of the status of employees and to the achievement of their self-esteem.

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  • Receive Date: 29 April 2018
  • Accept Date: 30 December 2019

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