Investigating the role of managers' good character in predicting organizational commitment and professional ethics

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1 Assistant Professor, Department of Curriculum Planning, Islamic Azad University, Marand Branch, Marand-Iran.

2 Doctoral student of Curriculum Planner, Marand Azad University, Marand-Iran

10.22098/ael.2022.11875.1193

Abstract

One of the most important resources of any organization is its human resources. The constituents of this force are people with feelings who, if they have enough motivation, will use their talents and skills in the service of the organization. Having ethics in work and commitment in the organization is very important in achieving high productivity of organizations. The aim of the present study is to investigate the relationship between the good character of principals, professional ethics and organizational commitment among primary school principals in 1400-1401. The descriptive research method is correlation type. The statistical sample was all principals of primary schools in Urmia, who were selected by simple random method. The tools of this research are Qasim Zadeh's professional ethics questionnaire (2013), organizational commitment of Allen and Meier (1991) and the good character of Nasrasafhani managers (2013). The results showed that the relationship between good character and professional ethics is 0.648 and organizational commitment is 0.532 and has a positive relationship at 0.01 level. The direct effect of managers' good character on professional ethics is 0.67, which is positive and significant at the 0.001 level. The direct effect of managers' good character on organizational commitment is 0.78, which is positive and significant at the 0.001 level. Therefore, with in-service exams, increasing the job security of school principals, paying attention to their needs, fair payment of salaries and benefits, it is possible to raise the good character of principals and finally increase organizational commitment and work ethics in the organization.

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  • Receive Date: 01 December 2022
  • Revise Date: 01 February 2023
  • Accept Date: 09 April 2023

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