Nowadays, according to the importance of human resources in advancing the goals of the organization, improving the quality of work life has become one of the main goals of the organizations. Main purpose of this study is to analyses the effect of quality of work life (adequate and fair compensation, safe and healthy environment, growth and security, development of human capabilities, the total life space, social integration, constitutionalism, social relevance) on organizational commitment of employees of OICO company. Method of this study is path analyses with approach of SEM. Statistical society consists of all employees of OICO Company in SPGD 17 & 18 in year 2013 that are 130 people, out of this number, 97 people were selected through random sampling in proportion with society volume and questionnaires were distributed amongst them. The research results show a positive and significant effect of quality of work life on employee’s organizational commitment.
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