The present study aimed to investigate the effect of organizational culture on organizational commitment of teachers. in this study Organizational commitment is based on Allen and Meyer: affective, continuance and normative commitment. The studied organizational culture is based on Denison four- dimension theory. Adaptability, Mission, Involvement and Consistency. Due to a few empirical studies in this region, the data were collected among 156 teachers of Bandpay region. The data were collected via standard questionnaires of organizational culture and organizational commitment. The studies showed that components of organizational culture were correlated significantly with organizational commitment. It means that, increasing organizational culture, will eventuate to the higher commitment between teachers.
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Firuzjaeyan, A. A., Firuzjaeyan, M., & Sadeghi, B. (2015). A survey of the effect of organizational culture on organizational commitment based on Allen and Meyer model (Case study: High school teachers of Bandpey region). International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 5(1).1-8.
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