To Investigate the Relationship between Quality of Work Life and Employee’s Organizational Commitment in the Governmental Agencies Iran

The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between Quality of Work Life (QWL) andorganizational commitment. This study was a correlative survey. 92 subjects among the departmentof education employees of Marivan were selected through Morgan s table. Data were collectedusing two questionnaires. QWL Questionnaire of Richard Walton and organizational commitmentquestionnaire Meyer & Allen. The ideas of a group of experts were looked for in order to determinethe validity of the questionnaire. Reliability of the questionnaires using Cronbach s alpha methodwas questionnaire of QWL was 0.722 and for organizational commitment questionnaire was 0.836.To test the questions Pearson correlation, linear regression and Friedman s test were run. Resultsshowed that there was a positive and direct correlation between quality of work life factors andorganizational commitment. In other words, as the quality of life of the employees increases, theirorganizational commitment improves. In addition, it was shown that factors such as fair andsufficient payments, and social dependence of work life obtained the highest scores among thefactors of quality of work life.

Keywords:

Quality of Work Life , organizational commitment , Department of Education