Investigating the Relationship between Organizational Commitment and Climate with Public Health (Case Study: Physical Education Teachers in Kermanshah Province)

Appropriate organizational climate can be effective in motivating and improving the morale and participation of people in their decisions and creativity and innovation and can be considered as a source in ensuring the mental health of employees. However, inappropriate atmosphere can also be a major source of stress. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between organizational commitment and organizational climate with the general health of physical education teachers in Kermanshah province.

Methodology :

The statistical population of the present study was 1200 physical education teachers in Kermanshah province, which according to Morgan table, 291 people were selected as a sample through systematic random sampling. To measure the variables, four questionnaires of demographic characteristics, Mir and Allen questionnaire (1996), questionnaire (OCDQ-RS) and Goldberg and Hiller questionnaire (2012) were used. Formal and content validity were confirmed by opinion polls from related professors and the reliability of the questionnaires was reported to be 0.79, 0.87 and 0.79 using Cronbach's alpha. Descriptive statistics methods were used to describe the variables and inferential statistics were used to test the research hypotheses at a significance level of α ≤ 0 0.05.

The results showed that there was a significant difference between the dimensions of organizational commitment (P = 0.008), organizational climate (P = 0.001) and general health (P = 0.001) of teachers. There was a significant difference between organizational commitment and different levels of public health (P = 0.024), but no significant difference was observed between organizational climate and different levels of public health (P = 0.152).

Originality/Value:

 It is noteworthy that the physical education sector of the category of education needs specialized and capable people in the field of physical education to be able to put their knowledge to the stage of application, no matter the organizational climate and organizational commitment If physical education teachers are in better condition, they will have more general health and can be more motivated to move towards the goals of the organization.