Investigating the Relationship between Organizational Identity and Job Performance of Military Organizations Personnel (Case Study: Staff of a Military University)

Organizational identity is one of the most important factors that could play a critical role in improving job performance. This issue is more important in the military organization because of the central role of human resources and the complexity inherent in their mission. Military universities play a vital role because of their impact on the training and staffing of these organizations. The aim of this study was to identify the relationship between organizational identity and job performance of the military university staff. The research methodology is based on the survey and correlation. The statistical population of this research included 110 cadres of the Military College, who were selected using a simple random sampling method. The research instruments for collecting data include two standard questionnaires: The organizational Identity questionnaire by Cheney containing 25 questions, and the Paterson Job Performance questionnaire which has 16 items. Cranach’s alpha coefficient is used to confirm the validity and the reliability of the questionnaires respectively. Pearson correlation coefficient, Linear Regression in addition to Analysis of Variance methods are employed for testing research hypotheses by the SPSS18 software. The findings of this research indicated that the organizational identity is in a positive direct relationship with the job performance of military university staff.