Solmaz Rostami - Master of Business managment, PNU, PO Box 3697- 19395, Tehran, Iran
Hasan Farsijani - shahid Beheshti University, shahid Beheshti University, School of Management
shahram Hashemnia - PNU Department of Management, PO Box 3697 -19395, Tehran, Iran

Nowadays, organizations have more responsibilities than mere making profit and they have to be committed to economical, legal, moral, and humanitarian responsibilities. On the other hand, social responsibility supports the dominant culture, community, and economy in every society and it can be a tool for changing the values and performances of every organization. Global view to market and the relations between organizations and customers in world class level emphasize the necessity for competition in international markets and adaption to environmental changes. As a result, the purpose of this study was to investigate the role of social responsibility in getting world class economic agencies. To achieve the objective of the study, 341 personnel were randomly selected from the population of 3000 personnel of Iranian Airports Specialized Holding Company. The required data were gathered using researcher‐made questionnaire and the software of SPSS 22 and LISREL 8/08 were used to analyze the data through Pearson product‐moment correlation coefficient. The findings of the study demonstrated that there was a significant relationship between social responsibility and achieving world class airports with a ρ value of p<0/01 The results also showed that the greatest impact on this relationship was produced because of strategic dimensions of the company.

social responsibility, world class, Iranian airports holding company