Explaining the role of Nepotism in Job Satisfaction and Job Performance

Today, nepotism in recruitment and appointment in organizations is one of the most important problems that society is suffering it. This problem is created more sensitivity as for rising unemployment and scarcity and poverty of jobs in our society. This applied research has been done to evaluate the impact of nepotism on job satisfaction and job performance in employees of the some companies of Consulting Engineers in Khuzestan province. For data-gathering was used from valid and reliable questionnaires. The results of data analysis using regression & structural equation modeling showed that nepotism has a negative and significant effect on job performance; also job satisfaction has a positive and significant effect on job performance, whereas using regression analysis the negative impact of nepotism on job satisfaction was not confirmed but structural equation modeling confirms the negative impact of nepotism on job satisfaction. at the end of this study, has been presented some applied suggestions and recommendations for future research.