Management Studies in Development and Evolution

Designing a model of how revenge behaviors of human resources emerge with the ISM method

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Ali Shariatnejad 1
Elahe Maneshdavi 2
Seyedeh Maryam Mousavi Zadeh 2

1 Assistant Professor, Management Department., Faculty of management, Lorestan University, Khorramabad, Iran

2 PhD Student in Human Resource Management, Faculty of Management, Lorestan University, Khorramabad, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22054/jmsd.2024.77059.4411
Abstract
This research is applied in terms of purpose and descriptive survey in terms of nature and method. The statistical population of the research is the senior managers and human resource managers of government organizations, 15 of whom have been selected using a purposive sampling method. The data collection tool is a semi-structured interview in the qualitative part and a questionnaire in the quantitative part, In this research, the data were analyzed in the qualitative part using the content analysis method and Maxqda software, and in the quantitative part using the ISM method. The findings of the research include identifying the dimensions and components of the emergence of revenge behaviors of human resources in four axes, which are: platforms for the formation of retaliatory behaviors, intervening factors in revenge behaviors, types of revenge behaviors of human resources, and consequences of revenge behaviors of human resources. Eventually, the results of the research show that the emergence of revenge behaviors in human resources will have consequences such as: creating a toxic and harmful organizational atmosphere, increasing organizational conflict, increasing organizational friction and dysfunctional behaviors, and reducing the efficiency and productivity of human resources.

Keywords

Human resources
revenge
revenge behaviors
interpretive structural modeling
Subjects
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Management Studies in Development and Evolution
Volume 33, Issue 113
Autumn 2024
Pages 153-192

  • Receive Date 07 December 2023
  • Revise Date 07 May 2024
  • Accept Date 18 May 2024

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