A Study of the Relationship between Quality of Work Life (QWL) and Career Anchors with Organizational Performance Perspectives among Faculty Members of the Universities

The aim of this investigation was to determine the relationship between quality of work life (QWL) and career anchors with organizational performance perspectives among facultymembers of universities of Ardabil, Urmia, and Tabriz. This is a descriptive-correlational study. The sample included 167 faculty members which were selected randomly according to university and faculty. Two researcher-made questionnaires were used fordata collection. The first one is QWL questionnaire based on Richard Walton's and the second was organizational performance perspectives questionnaire based on Kaplan andNorton model. The standardized questionnaire of career anchors based on Edgar Schein´s model was also utilized in Persian and adapted to community norms before using. The data was analyzed through MANOVA. The results revealed that:1- There was a positive and significant relationship between safe and healthy working conditions and opportunity for continued growth and security with organizational performance perspectives (p<0.02). 2- There was a positive and significant relationship between each component of organizational performance perspectives with all components of QWL (p<0.02). 3- There was a significant relationship between technical/functional competency and general managerial competency with all components of career anchors (p<0.05).4- There was a significant relationship between each component of organizational performance perspectives with all components of career anchors (p<0.01).