The Relationship between University Autonomy and Total Quality Management with Social Responsibility at Tabriz University of Medical Sciences

The aim of the present research is to study the relationship between university autonomy and total quality management and social responsibility at University. The population of the study consisted of all faculty members (including 5 faculties) at Tabriz University of Medical Sciences whose number was 763. Using Morgan Table, 241 faculty members were selected as sample via stratified random method. The method of this research is descriptive correlational. To collect data, standard questionnaires were utilized. For data analysis, Pearson correlation and step-by-step regression were used with SPSS software. Results showed that there is a significant positive relationship between the variable of university autonomy and its components, i.e. organizational autonomy and academic autonomy, and social responsibility. There was also found a significant positive correlation between total quality management and its dimensions and social responsibility. The present research results showed that dimensions of university autonomy (organizational autonomy β = .31 and academic autonomy β = .16 are able to predict social responsibility.