Investigating the relationship between social responsibility and improving organizational commitment in employees of Tehran Ghavamin Bank with respect to the mediating role of psychological empowerment

Abstract

The paper aim is investigating the relationship between social responsibilities and improving organizational commitment among employee with respect to the mediating role of psychological empowerment. The research in term of goal is applied, in term of data collection and analysis method is a descriptive- correlation study and in terms of how to implement is survey. The study population consisted of all employees of Tehran Bank Ghavamin which are a total of 443 people that using Cochran formula 205 people as sample were randomly selected. To collect data three questionnaires of Allen and Meyer (1991) Organizational Commitment Questionnaire, and Jeremy Gilbers Corporate Social Responsibility Questionnaire (2010) and Spritzer and Mishra Empowerment Questionnaire (1995) is used. The results showed there is a significant relationship between social responsibility and organizational commitment and psychological empowerment play a mediator role as well.

Keywords: social responsibility, organizational commitment, psychological empowerment, Bank Ghavamin