The Relationship between Organizational Commitment and Socialization among staff of both Volunteers and Youth Organizations in Red Crescent Society of Iran

Introduction: Organizational socialization consider as an important factor for new employees to adapt themselves to the organization. The major problems of the executive organizations are lack of sense of belonging to the organization and lack of sufficient accuracy on tasks. This paper aims to examine and promote the relationship between socialization and organizational commitment in both employees of Volunteers Organization and Youth Organization of Red Crescent society. Methods: In this study, a total of ۱۳۴ employees (from ۲۲۵ people) employed in Volunteers Organization and Youth Organization were selected and studied by random stratified sampling according to Morgan. The data for this study was collected by Jones organizational socialization questionnaire and organizational commitment questionnaire developed by Allen and Meyer. Reliability of organizational socialization questionnaire was ۰/۶۹ through Cronbach's alpha and then was obtained ۰/۸۲ by deleting some items. Cronbach's alpha was ۰/۷۸ for organizational commitment questionnaire. Three experts were used in order to investigate the validity of the questionnaire using sample t-test. The relationship between variables was assessed by Pearson correlation and linear regression. Findings: The results of the study indicated that there was not relationship between socialization and organizational commitment. There was a significant positive relation between continuous commitment and socialization with a correlation coefficient of ۰/۲۰۹ (Sig=۰/۰۱۶). Coefficient of determination was also equal to ۰/۱۵۶; indicated that the independent variable of socialization explain ۱۵/۶% of changes in the dependent variables of the continued commitment. Conclusion: According to the results, there was no relationship between socialization and organizational commitment. There was a weak relationship between socialization and continuous commitment. In addition, there was no relationship between socialization and affective commitment

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Organizational Socialization , Organizational Commitment , Red Crescent Society , جامعه پذیری سازمانی , تعهد سازمانی , جمعیت هلال احمر.