Designing a Structural Model of Human Resource Management Practices Focused on the Elderly in Public Organizations

Mohammad Ali  Fadaei; Hossein  Mansoori; Tayebeh  Abbasnejad

doi:10.18502/jhsw.v15i2.21405

Mohammad Ali Fadaei Department of Industrial and Public Management, Faculty of Management, Economy, and Accounting, University of Hormozgan, Bandar Abbas, Iran
Hossein Mansoori Department of Industrial and Public Management, Faculty of Management, Economy, and Accounting, University of Hormozgan, Bandar Abbas, Iran
Tayebeh Abbasnejad Department of Industrial and Public Management, Faculty of Management, Economy, and Accounting, University of Hormozgan, Bandar Abbas, Iran

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18502/jhsw.v15i2.21405

Keywords: Human resource management practices, Aging, Elderly workforce, Delphi, Structural model

Abstract

Introduction: Demographic changes are an inevitable phenomenon in today’s organizations. By acknowledging the aging of the workforce as a significant organizational challenge, the purpose of this research is to design a structural model of elderly-oriented human resource management measures in public organizations.

Material and Methods: This study is categorized as applied in terms of objective, descriptive-survey in terms of approach, and a mixed-method design (qualitative-quantitative) in terms of data collection. The information gathering tools used to review the research literature were library research methods, while a questionnaire was employed for collecting field data. Initially, the Delphi method was utilized to extract and identify elderly-oriented human resource management practices. In the second phase, a quantitative method was used to validate the model of elderly-oriented practices in public organizations and assess the current status of these practices.

Results: The results obtained from the model’s goodness-of-fit in SmartPls 3 software and confirmatory factor analysis indicated high validity of the elderly-oriented human resource management practice model.

Conclusion: Additionally, the findings revealed that, from the perspective of the study’s employees, the status of elderly-oriented human resource management practices in terms of implementation was not in a desirable state and did not meet employees’ expectations.