A Meta-Analysis of the Impact of Employees’ Work Engagement on Their Organizational Commitment

Document Type : Research Article

Authors

1 PhD Student, Department of Educational Management, Qom Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qom, Iran

2 Associate Professor, Department of Educational Management, Qom Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qom, Iran

3 Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Management, Qom Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qom, Iran

Abstract

The growth of research in the humanities is clear to everyone. According to many scientists, it is not possible to master all aspects of a subject, so it is important to do research that provides an extract of research on a particular subject in a systematic way. The aim of this study was to provide a quantitative meta-analysis of the results of research conducted in the field of employees’ work engagement and their organizational commitment in Iran. The research method is meta-analysis. After reviewing a large number of related articles and researches on information databases such as SID, Magiran, Irandoc, Civilica, Ricest, Noormags, and Ensani.ir, 20 articles published between 2009 and 2019 were selected. Moreover, a checklist was used to comply with the criteria for feeding and extracting information related to each study. CMA 2analytical software was used to analyze the data. The results showed that the employees’ work engagement has a moderate to high relationship with organizational commitment (with an average effect size of 0.558).

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