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Social loafing in banking industry of Iran: Investigating the role of organizational commitment

Abbas Ali Rastgar, Nina Pourebrahimi

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The present study was conducted in Iran, and aimed to analyze the relationship between organizational commitment and social loafing of 900 employees in a public bank in Mazandaran. Referring to Krejcie & Morgan (1970), the minimum number of sample size was determined as 269 people. After distributing questionnaires among respondents with systematic random sampling, 273 usable questionnaires were returned. The research method used for this study is descriptive-correlation. Further, the analysis was carried out utilizing Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) methodology by LISREL 8.8 software. The factors analysis and the findings show that organizational commitment has a significant negative influence on employees social loafing. Therefore, managers of organizations should improve employees commitment to their organizations to reduce the level of social loafing.

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The present study was conducted in Iran, and aimed to analyze the relationship between organizational commitment and social loafing of 900 employees in a public bank in Mazandaran. Referring to Krejcie & Morgan (1970), the minimum number of sample size was determined as 269 people. After distributing questionnaires among respondents with systematic random sampling, 273 usable questionnaires were returned. The research method used for this study is descriptive-correlation. Further, the analysis was carried out utilizing Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) methodology by LISREL 8.8 software. The factors analysis and the findings show that organizational commitment has a significant negative influence on employees social loafing. Therefore, managers of organizations should improve employees commitment to their organizations to reduce the level of social loafing.

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The present study was conducted in Iran, and aimed to analyze the relationship between organizational commitment and social loafing of 900 employees in a public bank in Mazandaran. Referring to Krejcie & Morgan (1970), the minimum number of sample size was determined as 269 people. After distributing questionnaires among respondents with systematic random sampling, 273 usable questionnaires were returned. The research method used for this study is descriptive-correlation. Further, the analysis was carried out utilizing Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) methodology by LISREL 8.8 software. The factors analysis and the findings show that organizational commitment has a significant negative influence on employees social loafing. Therefore, managers of organizations should improve employees commitment to their organizations to reduce the level of social loafing.

Key concepts: Social loafing, LISREL, Structural equation modeling, Organizational commitment, Sample (material), Psychology, Applied psychology, Marketing

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