Provide a model of human resource management legitimacy

The purpose of this study is to model the legitimacy of human resource management. The present research is applied in terms of purpose and in terms of nature and qualitative method of data theory. The study population includes academic experts and human resource managers of the National Iranian Oil Company. Data collection tool is semi-structured interview. The sample required for structured interviews was collected to the extent of theoretical saturation through snowball sampling. MAXQDA software was used to facilitate coding. Finally, the model of human resource legitimacy was drawn based on the identification of 8 components. Components of human resource management legitimacy include structural, cognitive, communicative components, human resource processes, individual characteristics, social system compliance, professional human resource, and subjective components