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Background: Manpower is one of the most important resources for an organization to achieve its gsoals. Therefore, organizations are looking for appropriate plans to attract and retain efficient human resources. This study investigated the effect of the organizational culture of the accounting staff of executive bodies of Yazd province on job performance with the mediating role of emotional intelligence.
Methods: This study used a correlational design with path analysis. Standard questionnaires by Queen, Scatter, and Schering were used (organizational culture, job performance, and emotional intelligence). To do so, 173 questionnaires were analyzed using the convenience sampling method. In data analysis, structural equation modeling, AMOS, and SPSS were used.
Results: The results showed that organizational culture as an independent variable has a direct and significant effect on emotional intelligence as a dependent variable with a coefficient of 0.66 (P=0.000). Emotional intelligence as an independent variable has a direct effect on job performance as a dependent variable with a coefficient of 0.19 (P=0.000). Also, organizational culture as an independent variable exerts a direct effect on job performance as a dependent variable with a coefficient of 0.68 (P=0.001); indirectly, emotional intelligence is considered as a mediator with a coefficient of 0.129 (P=0.000) with a total effect of 0.81.
Conclusion: Considering the positive and significant effect of organizational culture and emotional intelligence on the job performance of accounting staff and also the positive and significant effect of organizational culture on emotional intelligence, the training of all indicators of emotional intelligence is recommended to develop and increase the personal and professional abilities of individuals. Also, it is very important to study each of the indicators of organizational culture in the executive apparatus to maintain and strengthen the useful and effective factors in it and to change and correct undesirable values.
Keywords: Work Performance, Culture, Organization, Administration, Emotional Intelligence.
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Article History: Received: 10 Apr 2022 Revised: 09 Nov 2022 Accepted: 04 Sep 2022 |
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*Corresponding Author: Zohreh Arefmanesh Email: Arefmanesh@yazd.ac.ir Tel: + 98 9133577956 |
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Citation: Arefmanesh Z, Ansari Samani H, Zare Bidaki F, Mousavi MS. The Mediating Role of Emotional Iintelligence on the Relationship between Organizational Culture and Job Performance of Accounting Staff in Yazd, Iran. Journal of Social Behavior and Community Health (JSBCH). 2022; 6(2): 951-959. |
Since the job performance of employees is a vital issue in any organization (Barati Ahmadabadi et al., 2010), it is necessary to investigate the factors affecting it. Organizational culture is one of the most important factors affecting job performance so experts consider the ratio of organizational culture to the organization as a personality-to-person ratio, which plays an important role in the formation of individual and organizational behavior (Nanchin et al., 2008). Organizational culture is a system of common inferences that members of an organization have about it, and this characteristic separates the two organizations from each other (Shahverdi Shahraki et al., 2017). Thus, organizational culture determines the way of doing things in the organization for employees.
The present descriptive correlational study, conducted in 2020, used path analysis. The study population consisted of 219 employees in accounting departments of executive agencies of Yazd province. The samples were selected using a convenient sampling method. The questionnaire was distributed among all members of the community and we tried to collect the highest possible number of respondents. From the number of distributed questionnaires, 191 completed questions were returned, of which 18 were unusable due to problems in entering information and other items, and accordingly, 173 questionnaires were analyzed. In this study, the Stanford Quinn Questionnaire (1985) was used to measure organizational culture variables. This variable has 4 dimensions of rational culture (3 items), ideological culture (6 items), consensual culture (5 items), and hierarchical culture (4 items). It contains 18 items in total. To measure the job performance variable, The Standard Scotter Questionnaire (1994) consisting of 18 items was applied. To measure the variable of emotional intelligence, the Goleman Standard Questionnaire (1996) was used. It was psychometrically validated on the graduate students of Allameh Tabataba'i University in Iran in 2011 by Mansouri. The emotional intelligence questionnaire has 5 dimensions of self-awareness (8 items), self-regulation (7 items), self-motivation (7 items), empathy (6 items), and social skills (5 items). It has a total of 33 items. Since the questionnaires used in this study are standard and their validity has been tested by experts and confirmed by professors of this field and have also been used in several types of researches, they have acceptable content validity. Also, to assess the content validity of the questionnaires, the experts' viewpoints about the content coordination of the instrument were measured and approved by experts. Cronbach's alpha of organizational culture, emotional intelligence and job performance were 0.765, 0.790, and 0.745 respectively. Considering that Cronbach's alpha was greater than 0.7 for all variables, it had an acceptable reliability. To conduct the study, the necessary permissions to complete the questionnaire were obtained, and before completing the questionnaire, informed written consent was obtained from the participants. The respondents were given the necessary assurance regarding the confidentiality of the information. Before completing the questionnaires, the purpose of the study was explained to them. This study is the result of the authors' research; the Helsinki rules have been observed in the process of conducting this research.
The data analysis method included descriptive statistics, the correlation between variables, and structural equation modeling. Descriptive statistics included central indices and the distribution of variables used in the study. The relationship between variables was investigated in two ways by correlation and regression test. Then, structural equation modeling was used. SPSS and AMOS were used to analyze the data. To achieve the research objectives, the conceptual model of the research was developed as follows:
The study was approved by Yazd University Research Ethics Committee with the ethics code: IR.YAZD.REC.1401.009.
Table 1. Indicators of corrective model fitting | |||||||||
Index Type | Model Fitting Criterion | Amount | Acceptable limit | Results | Amount | Acceptable limit | Results | ||
Before shaving | After the correction. | ||||||||
Absolute Indicators | Chi-Square (CMIN) | 103/667 | - | 80.779 | - | ||||
(Model Fitting) | Degrees of freedom (DF) | 33 | - | 32 | - | ||||
Chi-square ratio to degrees of freedom (CMIN/DF) | 3/141 | Between 1 and 5 | Appropriate | 2.524 | Between 1 and 5 | Appropriate | |||
Relative Indicators | The root mean square of the estimation error (RMSEA) | 0/105 | 0.1 and down | Inappropriate | 0/088 | 0.1 and down | Appropriate | ||
Modified fit index (NFI) | 0/876 | 0.9 and up | Almost appropriate | 0/904 | 0.9 and up | Appropriate | |||
Tucker-Lewis index (TLI) | 0/878 | 0.9 and up | Almost appropriate | 0/913 | 0.9 and up | Appropriate | |||
Increasing fitness index (IFI) | 0/912 | 0.9 and up | Appropriate | 0/939 | 0.9 and up | Appropriate | |||
Comparative fitness index (CFI) | 0/911 | 0.9 and up | Appropriate | 0/938 | 0.9 and up | Appropriate | |||
Relative fit index (RFI) | 0/813 | 0.9 and up | Inappropriate | 0/864 | 0.9 and up | Almost appropriate | |||
The goodness of fit index ((GFI | 0/908 | 0.9 and up | Appropriate | 0/925 | 0.9 and up | Appropriate | |||
Economic index of the model ((PCFI | 0/668 | 0.5 and up | Appropriate | 0/667 | 0.5 and up | Appropriate | |||
Table 2. Critical values and significant level of relationships in hypothesis | ||||||
Dependent variable
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Estimation
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Standard error
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Critical value
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P
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Results
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Organizational Culture
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Job Performance
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1.569 | 0/212 | 7.384 | *** |
Confirm
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Emotional Intelligence
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Job Performance
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0.538 | 0.192 | 2.803 | 0.005 |
Confirm
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Organizational Culture
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Emotional Intelligence
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0.646 | 0.099 | 6.498 | *** |
Confirm
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Table 3. Separation of effects, direct, indirect, and total in the research model | ||||
Independent variable
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Dependent Variable
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Effect
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Direct
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Indirect
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Total
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Organizational Culture
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Emotional Intelligence
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0.65 | ---- | 0.65 |
Emotional Intelligence
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Job Performance
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0.22 | ----- | 0.22 |
Organizational Culture
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Job Performance
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0.66 | 0. 14 = 0.22*0.65 | 0.80 |
In general, the results showed that the existence of a strong culture in the organization increases the employee commitment to achieving the goals of the organization in a common path and improves the job performance of employees. This effect is both directly and indirectly through emotional intelligence variables. According to the results of this study, it is recommended to train all indicators of emotional intelligence to grow and increase individual and occupational abilities of individuals. Also, through the management of organizational culture, each indicator of organizational culture can be emphasized and carefully considered. Also, the factors that are useful and effective on it can be preserved and strengthened, and undesirable values can be changed and modified, so that organizational culture and its dimensions in decisions, policies, procedures, and organizational activities are always considered as factors affecting job performance and efficiency of employees and organization. Considering the positive impact of organizational culture on job performance, it is suggested that managers work with all employees to improve organizational culture to create a culture of cooperation among employees. Also, creating a sense of commitment in people, creating friendly relationships, and raising the morale and trust of employees toward each other can help improve performance in the organization.
One of the limitations of this research was the use of a questionnaire to collect the research data, wherein they may not have completed the questionnaire with the necessary accuracy. Therefore, researchers in future research can use interviews or open questionnaires to collect more complete and comprehensive information. It is also suggested that the effect of each factor such as job satisfaction, organizational justice, political skills, and teamwork, on employees’ job performance be investigated in future research. In addition, investigating strategies to increase organizational culture among accounting staff to increase their performance can be another research area for future research.
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