Investigating the Relationship between Participation–based Component of Total Qulity Management and Organizational Commitment (Case study: Islamic Azad University-Izeh Branch)
Subject Areas : Business ManagementAli Atafar 1 , Mahmood Daniali Dehhoze 2
1 - Associate Professor, Isfahan University, Isfahan, Iran
2 - Ph.D student in Business Administration, University of Isfahan /Teacher of Islamic Azad University, Izeh Branch, Izeh, Iran
Keywords: Organizational Commitment, participation, Emotional Commitment, Norm commitment, Rational commitment,
Abstract :
Nowadays, in order to achieve sustainable development regarding management and human resources, such considerations as increasing efficiency, reducing waste material, winning the competitions and the like, proper and successful contribution of the staff in the organization’s affairs and decision-makings seem necessary. The purpose of the present research is to study the rate of participation index and its relationship with organizational commitment in Islamic Azad University. The main hypothesis of the research is that there is a significant relationship between the rate of participation and organizational commitment. The statistical population includes all the staff and faculty members of Izeh Branch, Islamic Azad University. The research sample consists of 114 subjects, chosen by stratified random sampling. For data collection, a researcher-made questionnaire of total quality management with the reliability of 0.955 and Alen–Mayer questionnaire of organizational commitment with the reliability of 0.91 have been used. For data analysis, T-test of independent groups, One-sample T-test, and correlation coefficient have been applied. The results indicated that regarding the rate of contribution, the Izeh Branch of Islamic Azad University is in a favorable state. Also, the results showed a significant relationship between the rate of participation and emotional commitment, between the rate of participation and rational commitment, and the rate of participation and norm commitment of the staff and faculty members in the university under study.
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Samawi, H. (2006). The Study of Total Quality Management in the Education System of Ramin University of Agricultural and Natural Resources. Master Thesis, Ahvaz: Shahid Chamran University, (In Persian).
Scholl, R.W (1981), Differentiating Organization Commitment from Expectancy as Motivating Froce. Academy of Management Review, 6(4):589-599.
Temponi, C. (2005), “Continuous improvement framework: implications for academia", Ouality Assurance in Education, 13(1):17-36.
Vozzana, G., Elfink, J. and Bachmann, D.P (2000), "A longitudinal study for total quality management process in business college”, Journal of Education for Business, 76(2):69-74.
Waks, S. and Moti, F (1999), " Application of the total quality management principles and ISO 9000 standards in enginerring education", European Journal of Engineering Education, 24(3):249-259