Organizational Culture Management

Organizational Culture Management

Study of effect of obligation to religious functions on pedagogy employees’ organizational commitment (Case: pedagogy employees of Shahriar)

Document Type : Research Article

Authors
Asadollah Kordnaeij
Ali Reza Bakhshizadeh
Mahdi Alipour
Mahdi Jafarzadeh Kenari
Ph.D
10.22059/jomc.2013.35493
Abstract
Present study is conducted to measure the effect of obligation to religious functions on pedagogy employees’ organizational commitment in Shahriar. For this purpose, the variables of two aspects namely “worship” and “ethics” are considered as the constituents of obligation to religious functions and their impact on employees’ organizational commitment is studied. Two questionnaires were used to measure obligation to religious functions and organizational commitment. To analyze data, Pearson correlation, regression analysis, structural equation modeling and Freedman ranking were used. In the meantime, SPSS and LISREL software were also applied.
Research findings reveal that obligation to religious functions and organizational commitment have a significant relationship with confidence level of 99% and in such confidence level, religious functions impacts on pedagogy employees’ organizational commitment positively and directly. Finally, the results show that pedagogy employees pay more attention to “ethics of interaction with nature” & “individual worship” than other aspects.
Keywords
Religious functions
Individual and collective worship
Ethics of interaction with nature
Pedagogy
Organizational Culture Management
Volume 11, Issue 2 - Serial Number 2
Summer 2013
Pages 189-210