Investigating Power-Position Relationships in the Formation of Organizational Sense of Commitment in the General Organization of Tehran Municipality

Subject Areas : Journal of Iranian Social Development Studies

Elaheh Gorgvandi ¹ , Farah Torkaman ² , Saeed Ma'dani ³

1 - PhD Student in Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
2 - Assistant Professor of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
3 - Assistant Professor of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

Received: 2021-06-21 Accepted : 2021-06-21 Published : 2021-05-22

Keywords: Emotional commitment, continuous commitment, normative commitment, power relations, position relations,

Abstract :

Today, in most metropolitan cities, urban executives and urban staff have increasingly and more than ever been aware of the fact that their sense of organizational commitment to the organization can have a significant impact on city governance and the quality of life of citizens. The municipal organization provides various services at the city level for the benefit of the citizens as much as possible. Power and position are two essential dimensions of social relationships that create specific feelings during social interaction in organizations. The purpose of the research is to solve the problem of organizational commitment in the public organization of Tehran municipality in view of the theory of power relations and the position of Theodore Kemper.Method: The survey method, the questionnaire and the statistical population of all the staff of the Tehran municipality were sampling according to the list of names. Findings: The results showed that the correlation coefficient between power relations and organizational commitment in the municipality (-5.59) was reduced by increasing the strength relationships of organizational commitment and according to the correlation coefficient between organizational and organizational relationships It can be said that the relationship between the two variables is positive and direct in Tehran Municipality Organization. Regarding the correlation coefficient between place relations and organizational commitment of the municipality (0.789), the increase of organizational commitment increases. The difference in dimensions of organizational commitment (emotional, continuous, and normative) at all levels was significant.Conclusion: In creating an organizational commitment of the organization, the power relations-perspective variable is affected by three components: the amount (sufficiency, extra and deficiency), intensity (low and high) and direction (one's and another's).