Presenting a Comparative Model of Human Resource Emotional Well-Being in Subsidiary Companies of Iran’s Electricity Industry

Abstract

The present study was conducted with the aim of presenting a comparative model of human resource emotional well-being in subsidiary companies of Iran’s electricity industry. The research method was exploratory mixed-method. Participants in the qualitative section included experts and specialists with extensive work experience and postgraduate education in academia, as well as managers of subsidiary companies in Iran’s electricity industry, totaling 15 individuals. The statistical population in the quantitative section for the fuzzy Delphi technique, used to screen dimensions, components, and research indicators and to determine their importance, consisted of 19 selected experts. In addition, the quantitative section included employees of subsidiary electricity companies in Tehran, among whom 253 individuals were selected through simple random sampling. The research instrument in the qualitative phase was a semi-structured interview, while in the quantitative phase it was a researcher-developed questionnaire derived from the qualitative section. To analyze the collected data, in the qualitative section, the template analysis and thematic network method was applied using MAXQDA software. In the quantitative section, fuzzy Delphi, confirmatory factor analysis, structural equation modeling techniques, best–worst method prioritization, and comparative analysis were used with the aid of SPSS, Smart PLS, and Lingo software. In total, 124 initial codes were identified, from which 57 basic themes were extracted from the interview texts for the model of human resource emotional well-being in subsidiary electricity companies in Iran. Subsequently, after categorization, 9 organizing themes were obtained. At the final stage, through reviewing the organizing themes, 4 overarching themes were extracted, namely: supportive policies, social interactions, positive work environment, and mental health. Based on the results of the fuzzy Delphi, all factors of the human resource emotional well-being model in subsidiary electricity companies in Iran were considered to have the expected importance and were accepted by the subject-matter experts. In the next step, using the path analysis technique, it was found that the significance number of the paths between all variables was greater than 1.96, and the obtained significance levels were lower than 0.05 and even 0.01. Therefore, all the above-mentioned relationships were accepted. The prioritization of the indicators of the human resource emotional well-being model in subsidiary electricity companies in Iran showed that mental health ranked first with 0.520, positive work environment second with 0.389, supportive policies third with 0.054, and social interactions fourth with 0.037. Furthermore, the comparative findings indicated that state-owned companies in the thermal power generation sector ranked first with 82 percent, followed by Niroo Research Institute with 47 percent similarity in second place, the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Organization with 44 percent in third place, and state-owned electricity sector companies with 32 percent similarity in fourth place.