Identification and Evaluation of Employer Brand Components in Iran's Small Industries
(Case Study of Active Companies in Industrial Towns of East Azerbaijan Province)
Subject Areas :
Industrial Management
Amir Laleh
1
,
Hosein Gharabiglo
2
,
mojtaba ramazani
3
,
Soleyman Iranzadeh
4
1 - The Department of Business Management. Faculty of Management. Islamic Azad University of Ajabshir. Ajabshir. Iran
2 - Assistant Professor, Department of Business Management, AjabShir Branch, Islamic Azad University, AjabShir, Iran.
3 - Management Department,, Faculty of Humanities, Bonab Branch, Islamic Azad University, Bonab, Iran
4 - Professor, Department of Management, Faculty of Management, Economics and Accounting, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran
Received: 2022-07-29
Accepted : 2023-04-08
Published : 2023-04-21
Keywords:
small industries,
talent management,
Employer Brand,
Industrial Estates Company,
Abstract :
Today in organizations, it is not enough to satisfy the customer or honor the superiors and focus on successful sales to maintain a competitive position in the market, and therefore, organizations must develop the necessary strategies to attract and maintain efficient and effective human resources. adopt Without having efficient human resources, the organization will not be able to transform, develop and excel and achieve the set goals. The way to achieve this is to develop the organization's management and leadership and create an effective structure for managing the employer brand. This research aims to evaluate the variables of the employer brand in the active companies of the industrial towns of East Azerbaijan province and evaluate the effectiveness of each of the components in these companies. The current research is of quantitative and qualitative type, first the variables were screened and verified by Delphi method, and then in the quantitative stage, using software JMP and the causal-comparative method, and using the factor effectiveness of the variables. The employer brand is done. results showed that the component of training to improve quality has the lowest factor contribution with a coefficient of determination (0.246) and the highest factor contribution is related to the use of participatory management with a value of (1.000). The highest correlation with other components is related to the indicator of training according to the needs of employees with a value of 0.880 and the lowest correlation is related to the use of participatory management with a value of 0.246.
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Arthur, A. (1998). Best Practices: Building Your Business with Customer-Focused Solutions Touchstone; 1st Touchstone Ed edition.
Asadi, Esmail & Pourasadollah, Habib. (2015). Employer Branding Strategy in Organizations (an approach to attract and retain talent). International Conference on New Directions in Management, Economics and Accounting, Tehran, Iran.
Basha, H. A., & Naidu, M. Y. (2020). Employer Branding: a new facet of education
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Beigloo, L., & Esgandari, K. (2017). Designing an Employer Brand Model for Social Security Organization with an Emphasis on Internal Marketing. Journal of Marketing Management, 11(33), 117-134.
Budaghi Khajeh Nobar, H., Esgandari, K., & Rostamzadeh, R. (2016). "The effect of managers' competitive intelligence on modernization of small industries". The Journal of Productivity Management, 10(2(37)), 81-106.
Chunping, Y., & Xi, L. (2011). The study on employer brand strategy in private
enterprises from the perspective of human resource management. Energy Procedia, 5,
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Freer, T. (2012). Social media gaming – a recipe for employer brand success. Strategic HR Review, 11(1), 13-17.
Gatsoris, L. (2012). Competitive intelligence in Greek furniture retailing: a qualitative approach. Euro Med Journal of Business, 7, (3), 224-242.
Ghodeswar, B. M. (2008). Building brand identity in competitive markets: a conceptual model. Journal of product & brand management, 17(1), 4-12.
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Warren, K. & Kourdi, J. (2003). People Power: Developing the talent to perform. Vola Press.
Zahedi, A; & Malikakhlaq, I; Mohtashami, M. (2021). Designing a model for human
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