Positive Psychological Capacities and Organizational Commitment

Paying attention to the issue of manpower is considered as one of the most critical challenges of organizations in today’s competitive age, as one of the most important indicators of Progress and Excellence are committed and loyal workforce. This research was done with the purpose of Surveying the relationship between Kazeroon education employee's positive psychological capacities including hope, optimism and resilience; and their organizational commitment (affective, normative and continuance). The population of the present research consists of 855 Kazeroon education employees including staff, managers, assistants and teachers who work in high schools and guidance schools of whom 265 employees were selected as sample using Classification method and Morgan’s table. Research method is descriptive and the data collection tool is questionnaire. The collected data were analyzed by means of a software application. Descriptive statistics including frequency tables, graphs, mean, and standard deviation and inferential statistics such as Pearson’s correlation coefficient and multiple regression analysis were used for hypothesis testing. Findings generally support significant relationship between positive psychological capacities and organizational commitment.