The Relationship between Organizational Support, Innovative Organizational Climate and Employees Job Enthusiasm of the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology

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1 Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Islamshahr Branch

2 Graduated from the Islamic Azad University, Islamshahr Branch

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between organizational support, innovative organizational climate and employees’ job enthusiasm of the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology. The method of research was descriptive - correlation. The population included all the employees of the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology (850 people). 258 employees were selected as the sample of research by random stratified sampling using Cochran’s sample size formula. In order to gather data, three questionnaire were used; Job Enthusiasm questionnaire by Schaufeli et al (2002) which is composed of three subscales including vigor, dedication and absorption , Innovative Organizational Climate questionnaire by Cigel and Kaumer (1987) and Perceived Organizational Support by Eizenberg et al (1986). The data were analyzed using Spearman correlation coefficient and path analysis (using statistical software LISREL). The results of the analysis showed that there is a significant correlation between organizational support, innovative organizational climate and job enthusiasm. These two variables predicted 51% of variance in their job enthusiasm. The acquired model for the prediction of work engagement with the organizational support and innovative organizational climate has a desirable fit.

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