Designing a Model of Human Resource Sustainability in Family Businesses

Abstract

The main purpose of this study was to design a model of human resource sustainability for family business. The study was conducted within the framework of a qualitative approach using the six-step content analysis method of Brown and Clark (2006). The statistical population of the study included the managers and founders of family businesses dating back more than 30 years in the provinces of Kermanshah, Kurdistan and West Azerbaijan in 1400. In this study, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 18 managers and founders of this type of business, who were recruited using snowball sampling method with the aim of achieving theoretical data saturation. The model of human resource sustainability in family businesses was presented in the form of 1 comprehensive theme, 5 organizing themes and 23 basic themes. In order to determine the validity of the research, two methods of reviewing the participants and reviewing the non-participating experts (faculty members) were used. The findings showed that the organizational themes (strategic functions) related to the model of human resource sustainability for family businesses including maintaining family integrity, sustainable education based on family upbringing principles, family organizational culture, payment system and reward based on need family needs and work-life balance systems.

Keywords

• human resource management
• sustainability of human resources
• family business
• theme analysis