Investigating the relation between organizational structure and job motivation for refinery employees of Bid Boland Gas Company

The main aim of this study is the surveying of the relationship between organizational structure (complexity, formalization, and centralization) and job motivation of Bid Boland Gas Company employees'. Statistical population of this research is consist of 291 Bid Boland Gas Company employees' in 1392 that among them 165 employee were selected through cluster random sampling. The tools of this research included Robbins complexity questionnaire (1987), Haig and Icon Formalization questionnaire (1969), Robbins centralization questionnaire (1987) and Robinson job motivation questionnaire (2004). In order to analyze the data, descriptive and inferential statistical methods were used. At the descriptive level, parameters such as frequency, percentage, mean and graph and at the level of inferential statistics, Pearson correlation coefficient and Ata coefficient were used. Results showed that there is significant relation between organizational structure, formalization and centralization with job motivation. Results also showed that there is significant relation between marital statuses with job motivation, but there is no significant relation between gender, age, experience and education with job motivation.