Evaluating the Effect of the Symbolic Capital Commitment: A Case Study among Staff in Razi University of Kermanshah

Abstract

Organizational commitment implies a positive sense which can be achieved through the staff’s loyalty to the organization, and can be manifested by their participations in organizational decisions, paying attention to the organization’s staff, and their success and prosperity. since human capital in an organization is the most important and valuable assets of the organization and regarding it has a significant effect on the organization’s success or failure, attempts to develop the commitment among the staff is an important issue which should be highly considered by the managers.. Accordingly, the aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of symbolic capital on organizational commitment. This model consisted of independent variables including: human symbolic capital, inhuman symbolic capital on dependent variables such as affective commitment, normative commitment, and continuous commitment. To test the hypothesis, the Likert scale questionnaire with 25 questions was designed and randomly distributed among the 262 employees and managers at Razi University of Kermanshah Province. The method used in this research was descriptive-survey method. Path analysis was used to test hypotheses and AMOS software was used for statistical analysis of data.