Journal of Educational Sciences

The study of relationship between organizational culture, quality of work life, organizational commitment and work alienation in educational administrators of secondary schools in Shiraz

Volume 17, Issue 1 - Serial Number 1
May 2010
Pages 45-78
Journal of Educational Sciences

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

F. Mostafavi rad
M.R. Behrangi
M. Asgarian
V. Farzad
Abstract
 
   
 
 
 
The main purpose of this research was to study the relationship between Organizational Culture (OCU) Quality of Work Life QWL (exogenous variables), Organizational Commitment (OCO, intermediate variable) and Work Alienation (WA) (endogenous variable). The sample consisted of 234 managers of secondary schools in Shiraz. Four were used, Denison Questionnaire for OCU, Walton and Casio Questionnaire for QWL, Allen and Mayer Questionnaire for OCO and researcher made questionnaire for WA. The direct, indirect and total effects of variables showed that there are: A negative and significant relationship between: (a) OCU and WA, (b) OCU and WA with intermediatory of OCO, and (c) QWL and WA; and a significant and positive relationship between QWL and OCO. The final result of path analysis suggested that OCU is a stronger predictor of WA in secondary schools administrators in Shiraz.
 
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Keywords

Work alienation
organizational culture
Quality of work life
organizational commitment
educational administrators
Path analysis

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