Relationship between organizational commitment and learning organization in sport and youth head offices of western provinces of Iran

The aim of this research was to determine the relationship between organizational commitment and learning organization among employees of sport and youth head offices of west of Iran. The sample was determined using Morgan’s Table­ (n=130) people that were selected using stratified sampling. We used two questionnaires including learning organization of''Watkins and Marsick'' and organizational commitment of ''Allen and Meyer''. The face and content validity of questionnaires were confirmed with 5 experts and professors in the sports management field، and Cronbach''s alpha reliability test of learning organization and organizational commitment were 0. 96 and 0. 88، respectively. This was a cross sectional study design. Kolmogorov Smirnoff، Pearson correlation coefficients، and stepwise multiple regression were used to analyze data. The findings showed; there are high and significant correlation between learning organization and organizational commitment (r=­0/499) and (P­=­0/001). Among organizational commitment dimensions، only the relationship between learning organization and continuous commitment was not significant (r=0/156)، (P=0/084). Based on ANOVA and regression analysis the highest of standardized coefficient in the fourth model، between» team learning «and» organizational commitment»­ (β=0/383) and the lowest effect coefficient of in the fifth model، between»dialogue» and»organizational commitment«variables (β=-0/247)، was obtained. With regard to calculated coefficient of determination، seventh model­ (seven dimensions of learning organization) with 28/1 percent and the first model (dialogue) with 10/4 percent، respectively explained the highest and lowest rate of organizational commitment«variance. Finally with regard to results we can present some suggestions to the administration of ministry and management of Youth and Sports departments to strengthen employees'' commitment.