A Structural Model for high performance work systems based on organizational innovative climate, psychological empowerment and organizational commitment in Noshahr Marin Sciences University

The purpose of the present study was to provide a structural model for high performance work systems based on organizational innovative climate, psychological empowerment and organizational commitment in Noshahr Marin Sciences University . The population included the whole employees of Noshahr Marin Sciences University. 200 employees were selected by simple random method. The research instruments were as follows: Dimitrios and et al. (2016) high-performance work systems questionnaire which consisted of 31 items with dimensions of recruitment & selection, training& development, decision making , performance management, job clarity, employee autonomy, employment security with Cronbach’s Alpha of 0.96, Chou and et al.(2010) organizational innovative climate questionnaire which consisted of 16 items with dimensions of Job autonomy, innovative leadership, resource support, innovative culture, group cohesion with Cronbach’s Alpha of 0.92, Mishra & Spreitzer (1997) psychological empowerment questionnaire which consisted of 12 items with dimensions of self- determination, competence, meaning, impact with Cronbach’s Alpha of 0.86,Allen & Meyer (1996) organizational commitment questionnaire which consisted of 12 items with dimensions of affective, continuance and normative with Cronbach’s Alpha of 0.90.The results of path analysis using LISREL software indicated that dimensions of Innovative leadership of organizational innovative climate variable , self- determination of psychological empowerment variable and normative of organizational commitment variable had a direct effect on high-performance work systems. It was also concluded that the proposed model showed fit.