International Journal of Research in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
  • Year: 2014
  • Volume: 2
  • Issue: 2

Clarifying the Role of Happiness at Work and Intellectual Capital in Increasing Organizational Commitment

  • Author:
  • Seyyed Najmoddin Mousavi, Seyyed Hadi Mousavi Najad1, Mohammad Sadegh Jafari, Javad Taheri Moghaddam
  • Total Page Count: 10
  • Page Number: 170 to 179

*Assistant Professor of Business Management, Department of Management, Lorestan University, KorramAbad, Iran

**Master Student of Business Management, Department of Management, Lorestan University, KorramAbad, Iran

***Master Student of Business Management, Department of Management, Lorestan University, KorramAbad, Iran

****Master Student of Business Management, Department of Management, Lorestan University, KorramAbad, Iran

1Corresponding author E-mail address: HadiMousavi_67@yahoo.com

Online published on 12 June, 2014.

Abstract

Present study aims at investigating the impact by intellectual capital and happiness at work on organizational commitment promotion. It is a survey type conducted as a field study. Its population consists of all personnel at Saipa registered representatives in Qazvin province. 114 employees are selected as research sample. A questionnaire is used to gather data. Chronbach's alpha is used to compute research reliability while content and construct validity is used for research validity. Factor analysis technique and structural equations ate used to test research hypotheses. Research findings indicate that intellectual capital has a positive and significant impact on organizational commitment and happiness at work, while happiness at work has also a positive and significant impact on organizational commitment.

Keywords

Intellectual Capital, Happiness at Work, Positive Affect, Negative Affect, Organizational Commitment