Investigating the Impact of Social Capital on Organizational Commitment with the Mediating Role of Ethical Leadership in Sistan & Baluchestan Fishery Directorate
Akhlāq-i zīstī i.e., Bioethics Journal,
Vol. 10 No. 35 (1399),
1 July 2020
,
Page 1-13
https://doi.org/10.22037/bioeth.v10i35.29024
Abstract
Background and Aim: Given that organizational commitment as an important variable is effective in employee behavior and organizational performance. The present study aimed to investigate the effect of social capital on organizational commitment of employees with the mediating role of ethical leadership.
Materials and Methods: This research is applied in terms of purpose and descriptive-procedural in terms of implementation method. The statistical population of the study consisted of 394 employees of all fisheries departments of the Sistan and Baluchestan province; 195 people were selected as the sample using stratified random sampling method and the Cochran formula. In order to collect statistical data, the standard questionnaires of social capital Nahapit and Goshal (1998), organizational commitment of Allen and Meyer (1974) and the moral leadership of Carlson et al. (2011) were used. To investigate the causal relationship between the variables, the structural equation modeling method was used using Smart PLS software.
Findings: The results of the research show that the social capital is effective organizational commitment with the role of mediator of ethical leadership. Also, social capital is as high as 0.145 on organizational commitments 0.384 per ethical leadership and the ethical leadership of 0.643affect organizational commitment.
Ethical Considerations: Participants completed the questionnaires with the awareness of the research objectives.
Conclusion: The orientation of social capital and the application of ethical leadership can provide the basis for enhancing organizational commitment. Therefore, to improve the status of organizational commitment, it is recommended that the managers of the organization pay particular attention to social capital capacity and ethical leadership style.
Cite this article as: Rajabi Farjad H, Ramezanzadeh MM, Afshani V. Investigating the Impact of Social Capital on Organizational Commitment with the Mediating Role of Ethical Leadership in Sistan & Baluchestan Fishery Directorate. Bioethics Journal 2020; 10(35): e7.
- Social Capital; Organizational Commitment; Ethical Leadership; Fisheries Directorate
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