The Conceptualization of Sustainable Resistive Maintenance as an Indigenous Maintenance Strategy (Research Action: A Military Organization)

The purpose of this study is to present a local strategy in the field of maintenance and explain its various dimensions and components, taking into account the successful global experiences, special considerations and requirements governing Iran's economic and industrial ecosystem, resistive economy policies, indigenous culture, indigenous moral values, and maintenance issues. The statistical population of this study consists of the experts in the field of maintenance and repairs in the country.The sampling is performed in a targeted manner and to the extent of achieving theoretical saturation, which is obtained through interviews with twenty experts. The collected data are analysed using the data-based method and their open, axial and selective codes are extracted at each stage. The final research model consists of seventeen main themes in four areas of soft strategy infrastructure, technical foundations, manpower continuity and appropriate support. The research findings are used in a military organization and the results are briefly reported in the form of a research action.