INVESTIGATING THE EFFECT OF ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT ON THE QUALITY OF WORK LIFE OF EMPLOYEES
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The aim of present study was to investigate the effect of organizational commitment on the quality of work life of Kerman municipality (Iran) employees. The present research is considered as an applied research in terms of aim and descriptive-correlational in terms of method. It also uses field and survey methods to collect data. The statistical population of this study included all 3000 employees of Kerman Municipality. Stratified random sampling method was used in this study, and a sample of 343 people was selected. To collect information and data, two standard questionnaires, including Allen and Meyer Organizational Commitment Questionnaire and Walton Quality of Life Questionnaire were used. In this study, Cronbach's alpha was used to examine the internal consistency of the test. The reliability of the Organizational Commitment Questionnaire was 0.914 and the reliability of the Quality of Work Life Questionnaire was 0.975, indicating relatively high reliability of these two questionnaires. SPSS-19 software was used to describe demographic data and LISREL software was used to analyze the data. The results of the structural equation model showed that the conceptual model of the research has a good fit and it was found that the relationship between organizational commitment and quality of work life is significant.

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organizational commitment, quality of work life, municipality employees
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