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hassanpoor, A., Jafarinia, S., Tehrani, M., ebrahimi, S. (2025). A framework for loneliness in the workplace: public sector. , 34(115), 210-236. doi: 10.22054/jmsd.2023.74472.4340
akbar hassanpoor; Saeed Jafarinia; maryam Tehrani; sareh ebrahimi. "A framework for loneliness in the workplace: public sector". , 34, 115, 2025, 210-236. doi: 10.22054/jmsd.2023.74472.4340
hassanpoor, A., Jafarinia, S., Tehrani, M., ebrahimi, S. (2025). 'A framework for loneliness in the workplace: public sector', , 34(115), pp. 210-236. doi: 10.22054/jmsd.2023.74472.4340
hassanpoor, A., Jafarinia, S., Tehrani, M., ebrahimi, S. A framework for loneliness in the workplace: public sector. , 2025; 34(115): 210-236. doi: 10.22054/jmsd.2023.74472.4340

A framework for loneliness in the workplace: public sector

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Article 5, Volume 34, Issue 115, April 2025, Pages 210-236    PDF (2.27 M)
Document Type: Research Paper
DOI: 10.22054/jmsd.2023.74472.4340
Authors
akbar hassanpoor1; Saeed Jafarinia2; maryam Tehrani1; sareh ebrahimi* 1
1HRM, and Business Management ,University of kharazmi , Tehran, Iran
2Human Resource Management, and business, Management . Kharazmi University.Tehran.Iran
Abstract
Loneliness is a modern epidemic that needs a cure. In recent years, especially during the Covid-19 crisis, loneliness at work has become a more serious issue and has attracted increasing attention due to its complex consequences. The purpose of this research is to design a model of workplace loneliness in the public sector using the granded theory. The current research is the qualitative researches whose statistical population is the employees of government organizations in Tehran. In this research, purposeful sampling was used which reached the saturation rule by using 17 interviews and continued to 25 interviews for more certainty. To analyze the collected data, open, axial and selective coding methods were used. The research results causal, contextual and intervener conditions, axial category, consequences and strategies to deal with loneliness in the workplace and presenting the model of loneliness in the workplace in the public sector. By providing research-based guidelines, organizations and leaders of the public sector are helped to manage this phenomenon and create healthier work environments, followed by the improvement of individual, team and organizational performance
Keywords
Loneliness in the Workplace; Public Sector; Qualitative Research; Geranded theory
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