Relationships between Job Design and Organizational Commitment and Performance Considering the Moderating Role of Achievement Motivation

The a im of th is research was to investigate the relation between job design and organ izat ional commitment and performance among managers of big industrial organizations in Isfahan and Tehran. According to the research findings, organizational performance and behavior of the employees have been affected by achievement motivation. So, the relation between variables in this research was investigated by special attention to the moderating role of achievement motivation. The instruments were Organ izat ional Commitment Scale, Job Design Scale, and Achievement Motivation Inventory and Performance Appraisal Measure. Evidence of the instruments validity and reliability was presented. Data were analyzed in two levels of descriptive and inferential statistics by moderating regression. The findings indicated that job design associated with exchange and identification commitment but not with contingency commitment and performance. While including achievement motivation made significant relation between job design and contingency and performance.