Exploring the Dimensions and Components of Islamic Values Influencing the Productivity of Human Resources from the Perspective of Mashhad Municipality Employees
Abstract The present study was performed to explore the components and dimensions of Islamic values affecting the productivity of human resources from the perspective of Mashhad Municipality employees using a hybrid method. For this purpose, in depth interviews were performed with 20 administrative and scientific experts of Mashhad Municipality using content analysis. The results obtained from semi structured interviews were classified into the dimensions of non promotion of religious and revolutionary values, not spending enough on culture building, approving the wrongdoer in the system, lack of suitable role model and creating substrates for anti values as the factors affecting Islamic values; each of these behaviors consist of other concepts. The dimensions along with the components of Islamic values questionnaire including piety, tolerance and trust were examined in a sample of 215 employees in 13 Mashhad Municipality zones. In fact, the findings of this study expand the area in the field of organizational studies by providing dimensions and components of human resources productivity from the employees' perspectives and increase human resources productivity in organizations. The results of this study are consistent with some of the most important domestic and foreign research on different aspects of productivity (Katcher (1991) Shaser (1983) Goodwin (2007) Kesty (2012) etc.