Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Associate ‎ Professor, Faculty of Management, Payame ‎Noor University, Tehran, Iran, ‎

2 MSc, Faculty of Management & Accounting, Payame Noor University, Tehran, ‎Iran, ‎

10.22054/spsa.2025.88682.1071

Abstract

Introduction: Organizational commitment is an essential element in achieving ‎organizational goals, and committed employees contribute to significant ‎improvements in organizational results and goals. In this regard, the present ‎study was conducted with the aim of identifying and ranking the factors ‎affecting the organizational commitment of teachers and principals from the ‎perspective of experts.‎

Research Methodology: The research is applied in terms of purpose and ‎descriptive-survey in terms of method. The statistical population of the study ‎included all experts working in the Education Organization of the Central ‎Province, 40 of whom were selected using a purposive non-probability ‎sampling method. In the first step, the Delphi method was used in two rounds ‎to confirm and screen the factors affecting organizational commitment. Then, ‎the TOPSIS method was used to rank the factors affecting organizational ‎commitment.‎
Findings: According to the analysis of the data obtained in this study, ‎improving performance is the most important criterion and, in a sense, the ‎most important criterion, followed by work ethic, morale enhancement, ‎absenteeism reduction, and organizational cohesion, respectively, as effective ‎indicators in ranking the factors affecting the organizational commitment of ‎teachers and principals. Ranking the factors with TOPSIS showed that ‎recognition and reward are introduced as the most important factor among the ‎factors affecting organizational commitment. Also, effective organizational ‎culture is given the last priority.‎
Conclusion: It seems that, according to the research findings, in order to ‎improve the organizational commitment of teachers and education and ‎training instructors, Recognition and rewards, as the most important factor ‎among the factors affecting organizational commitment, should be considered ‎by education and school managers and policymakers.‎