The present study aimed to investigate the effect job-related motivations on the employee and organizational performance through mediating role of organizational participation. For this purpose, a conceptual model has been developed and tested. In this regard, a main hypothesis (the effect job-related motivations on the employee and organizational performance through mediating role of organizational participation) and nine secondary hypotheses (the effects of organizational rewards on the employee participation, employee performance, and organizational performance; the effect of employee participation on the employee performance and organizational performance; the effect of employee performance on the organizational performance) were developed and tested. The statistical population of this study includes managers of Entekhab Industrial Group. The statistical population include180 managers, supervisors and chief of Entekhab industrial group. Since the population is limited no sampling is necessary. Thus the whole population is studied. The data collection tool is a researcher-made questionnaire containing 25 items, of which the validity has been confirmed using the comments from advisors, professionals and experts; and the reliability, determined through Cronbach's alpha coefficient of 83%) The questionnaire includes personal data and main, specialized items for examining the research hypotheses. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS and AMOS software programs through statistical tests at descriptive (frequency, percentage, accumulated percentage, average and standard deviation) and inferential (t-test, regression modeling, variance analysis, non-parametric Kolmogorov and Smirnov test, and Freedman non-parametric test) levels.
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Valikhani, M., Hashempoor, E., & Vastegani, B. M. (2015). Investigating the Effect of Job-Related Motivational Factors on the Employee and Organizational Performance through Mediating Role of Organizational Participation (Entekhab Industrial Group Case Study). International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 5(7).1-11.
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