Relationship between Employees΄ Work-life Quality and Human Power Productivity in Islamic Azad University Branches of Salmas, Khoy, and Urumia

Subject Areas : Business Management

Davvod Paydarfard ¹ ( Member of the faculty, Department of Public Administration, Salmas Unit, Islamic Azad University, Salmas, Iran )
Yadollah Abbaszadeh ² ( Faculty Member, Department of Public Administration, Khoy Branch, Islamic Azad University, Khoy, Iran )
Mohsen Fanni ³ ( Representative of Islamic Azad University - Salmas Branch, Administrative and Financial Assistant, Salmas, Iran. )
Karim Hamdi ⁴ ( Associate Professor, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch of Tehran, Department of Management, Tehran, Iran. )

Received: 2016-01-26 Accepted : 2016-01-26 Published : 2015-03-21

Keywords: Organizational Commitment, job security, Human power productivity, Work-life quality, fairness Salary fairness, Skill training, Employees΄ participation, Team-work,

Abstract :

What has caused a major gap between the rich and poor nations in todays΄ world is the optimum use of resources and the increase in the rate of intelligence and tact in carrying out affairs.The foregoing statement is the definition of productivity .In fact ,productivity is a kind of culture or an attitude to work and life,the aim of which is to make activites smarter in order to attain a better and more active life .Paying attention to productivity  as one of the ways to improve and progress organizations in the present world as well as to do research in order to identify the factors promoting productivity in the organizations seems quite necessary.In this regard ,the present research aims to explain the relationship between the employees work-life quality and human power productivity in the three branches of the Islamic Azad University,i.e.,Salmas ,Khoy ,and Urumia.The research type is descriptive-correlation.The data were collected through two separate researcher-devised questionnaires,the validity and reliability of which were confirmed by pretest.The questionnaires were distributed among 180 employees selected from the statistical population,and the data were analyzed.The results confirmed the relationship between employees΄ security and safety, perceived participation of the employees΄ in organizational decision-making ,organizational commitment ,and team-work with human power productivity.Also,the results  indicated that among the different factors,the relationship between the cooperation and participation of employees in organizational decision-making and human power productivity is stronger.

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