Impact of Contextual Factors of Change on Commitment to Change in Process of Privatization in Organizations

The purpose of this research, was to determine the impact of contextual variable of change on commitment to change in related to process of privatization through emotional envolvment. In this regard, randomize stratified sampling was selected and 104 managers and specialists of Khorasan Province Regional Electric Company participated in the study. To collect data was used a questionnaire with 9 variables and 69 items based on 5-level Likert Scale. The questionnaire validity by a content method and its reliability by cronbakh alpha, were confirmed. Also being normal of variables distribution was supported by Kolmogorov – Smirnov test. For analyzing research data, were used Structural equations model and Path analysis by using Lisrel software. The results of this research showed that first, the level of commitment to change and emotional involvement in the sample is upper than mean. Second, emotional involvement has a mediator role between commitment to change and all of contextual factors of change except, reward; psychological safety and job satisfaction variables.