The mediating role of organizational commitment in the relationship between job motivation and organizational entrepreneurship

One of the desirable mechanisms for organizations to respond quickly and appropriately to increasing environmental changes is the creation of entrepreneurial organizations. The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of job motivation on organizational entrepreneurship mediated by organizational commitment. The present study is descriptive-correlational in nature of the type of structural equation model and applied in terms of purpose. The statistical population of this study consists of 1340 teachers in the elementary period of 1401-1400 urban and rural areas. The sampling method used is multi-stage cluster sampling method. Also, due to the heterogeneity of the statistical population, the stratified sampling method was used. From the aforementioned statistical population, a sample of 310 people (223 females and 87 males) were selected based on Morgan's table. Data were collected using the Salanova and Shuffley (2004) Job Achievement Questionnaire, Allen and Meyer (1990) Organizational Commitment Questionnaire, and the Baringer & Bleudern (1999) Organizational Entrepreneurship Questionnaire. The collected data were analyzed by Spss, lisrel software. The results show that the direct effect of job motivation and organizational commitment on organizational entrepreneurship is 0.18 and 0.82, respectively. Also, the indirect effect of job motivation on organizational entrepreneurship mediated by organizational commitment was 0.47. Given the role of organizational entrepreneurship in achieving the goals of the organization and its impact on job motivation and organizational commitment, managers in organizations should support the field to promote entrepreneurial culture in the organization.