The mediating role of organizational commitment in the relationship between job motivation and organizational entrepreneurship

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Educational Management, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Mohaghegh Ardabili University, Ardabil, Iran

2 farhangian University

10.22098/pbeo.2023.10584.1001

Abstract

Background  and  Aim: One of the desirable mechanisms for organizations to respond quickly and appropriately to increasing environmental changes is the creation of entrepreneurial organizations. The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of job motivation on organizational entrepreneurship mediated by organizational commitment. The present study is descriptive-correlational in nature of the type of structural equation model and applied in terms of purpose
Methods: This is an applied research that has been done in a descriptive way. The statistical population included all the primary school teachers of Pakdasht city in the number of 800 people, and 260 people were selected for the study by stratified random sampling method and based on the Karjesi and Morgan table. The data collection tool was a questionnaire which its validity was reviewed and confirmed based on the collective opinion of experts and university professors. Also, its reliability was obtained using Cronbach's alpha test for different parts of the questionnaire from 0.74 to 0.94. Data analysis in this study was performed in two parts: descriptive statistics and inferential statistics using SPSS/22 software.
Results: The collected data were analyzed by Spss, lisrel software. The results show that the direct effect of job motivation and organizational commitment on organizational entrepreneurship is 0.18 and 0.82, respectively. Also, the indirect effect of job motivation on organizational entrepreneurship mediated by organizational commitment was 0.47. Given the role of organizational entrepreneurship in achieving the goals of the organization and its impact on job motivation and organizational commitment, managers in organizations should support the field to promote entrepreneurial culture in the organization.
Conclusion: : Given the role of organizational entrepreneurship in achieving the goals of the organization and its impact on job motivation and organizational commitment, managers in organizations should support the field to promote entrepreneurial culture in the organization..

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