a scientific journal of ilam culture

a scientific journal of ilam culture

Favoritism and Job Performance: with Explaining the Role of Mediator Organization Trust (The case of: The headquarters of the Central Staff of the University of Medical Sciences of Ilam(

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors
Karam Khalili
Hamed Ghasempour
Sommayeh Homili
10.22034/farhang.2019.96068
Abstract
The present study aims to investigate the influence of favoritism on job performance given the role of mediating role of organizational trust. Considering the purpose, the research method is applied and in terms of nature it is descriptive - correlation based on the Structural Equation Modelling. The statistical population is all the staff of the central headquarters of the Ilam Medical Sciences University in the number of 300, which have been chosen as the sample using the Cochran formula; however, it was used to benefit from the use of structural equations and LISREL software, and to benefit from this method, at least the sample had to be 200. Therefore, for assessing the participative variable, Abdullah et al. (1998), the job performance of Paterson et al. (1992) and the organizational trust of Shafi'i (2011) have been used. Favoritism is one of the most important problems in Iran's administrative system, which negatively affects the productivity of organizations. The analysis of data based on Structural Equation Modeling and LISREL software showed that organizational trust plays a role of mediating variable in the relations between favoritism and job performance. Participatory variable has a significant and negative effect on job performance and organizational trust. Also, organizational trust has a positive and significant effect on employees' job performance of the headquarters of Ilam University of Medical Sciences.
Keywords
Favoritism
Job Performance
Organization Trust
Ilam University of Medical Sciences
a scientific journal of ilam culture
Volume 20, Issue 62.63 - Serial Number 62
September 2019
Pages 190-211