Modeling the impact of workplace spirituality on teachers' performance mediated by organizational commitment (case study: junior secondary school teachers in District 4, Karaj)

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• Mahdi Moeeni Kia ¹
• Javad Amjadi hor ²
• Mehdi Mosleh Germi ³

¹ Associate Professor, Department of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Mohaghegh Ardabili University, Ardabil, Iran.

² PhD student in Educational Management, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Mohaghegh Ardabili University, Ardabil, Iran.

³ PhD Student in Educational Management, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Mohaghegh Ardabili University, Ardabil, Iran.

10.30495/jedu.2023.27314.5461

Abstract

Introduction and aim: The aim of the current study was to investigate the effect of workplace spirituality on teachers' job performance mediated by organizational commitment to provide a structural equation model among junior secondary school in district 4 of karaj.
research methodology: The present research is a descriptive (non-experimental) one and the research design is a correlation as a type of structural equation modeling. The statistical population of the study was all junior secondary school teachers in District 4 of Karaj in 1999, which numbered 485 people, out of which 215 people were randomly selected as the sample through krejcie and morgan sampling table. Research instruments included milliman et al. (2003) Spirituality in the workplace questionnaire, Allen and Meyer (1991) organizational commitment questionnaire, and patterson (1970) Job Performance Questionnaire. 
Findings: The results of the correlation coefficient showed that there is a positive and significant relationship between spirituality in the workplace, organizational commitment and job performance. At the same time, commitment plays a mediating role in the relationship between spirituality in the workplace and job performance.
Conclusion: The statistical findings showed that the organizational commitment variable significantly mediates the relationship between spirituality in the work environment and teachers' job performance.

Keywords

• Spirituality in the workplace
• Organizational commitment
• Job performance
• Karaj junior secondary school teachers

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