Designing a Motivation Model of Employees on the Basis of Imam Ali’s (as) Method

Motivated human resource is an influential factor in the survival, dynamism and fulfillment of the policies and goals of the organization. It is essential to understand the dimensions of human beings before taking any action in the field of motivation. Due to the differences between Islam and the West regarding the dimensions of human existence, Islamic countries and organizations need to design indigenous and Islamic models to motivate Muslim human resources. This research is intended to design a contextual model of employees’ motivation, and to design a process model of employee motivation from the viewpoint of Imam Ali (as). This applied research is an exploratory and basic one which follows grounded theory for collecting the data for designing contextual and process models of employees’ motivation based on documents, books and articles about Imam Ali’s  way of life. Kappa’s index was employed to validate the model, which resulted in the confirmation of both models. The results showed that the contextual model of human resource motivation based on the life history of Imam Ali (as) contains 23 indicators, nine components and three dimensions (spiritual, psychological and natural needs).  The process model of human resource motivation includes dimensions of causal conditions, intervening conditions, contextual conditions, category orientation, strategies and outcomes. It is expected that the findings of this study can pave the way for managers in motivating employees in the Islamic societies.