Mr Abbas Zohuri, Mr Hamzeh Nozari, Mr Karam Habibpour, Mr Mohammad Javad Zahedi Mazandarani,
Volume 0, Issue 0 (1-2026)
Abstract
Objective Designing and implementing employment programs is one of the most important tasks of the government in Iran. Government organizations are taking various measures for employment, but statistics show that despite numerous strategies and programs for job creation, the employment situation of youth has not improved and the youth unemployment rate is still higher than the average for society. This study seeks to investigate and explain the determinants of success or failure in employment programs and measures.
Methods: This study employs two methodological approaches: documentary analysis and theoretical analysis. The former examines employment policies and programs over the past two decades to identify patterns of change, while the latter provides a conceptual assessment of these policies and programs within their broader theoretical frameworks.
Results: Most research in this field, or in the context of economic growth and investment, has analyzed employment programs and measures, meaning that unless economic growth, employment programs will fail to achieve their goals. Or they have claimed that the lack of up-to-date and new titles of programs and actions is the reason for their failure. This study, by analyzing employment documents, has explained the trend of changes in the titles of employment programs, which shows that they have been updated. It then presents a sociological framework for analyzing employment programs and measures with the aim of understanding their success or failure, through theoretical analysis. A framework based on a relational approach between the three spheres of civil society, government, and the market.
Conclusions: The success or failure of employment programs and measures can be understood in terms of synergy or lack of synergy between civil society, government, and the market. It is in the proper arrangement between civil society, the government, and the market that one can hope for the success of employment programs.
