Investigating the Effect of Organizational Socialization and Social Capital on Teachers' Responsibility: The Mediating Role of Organizational Commitment

Today, teachers' responsibility has been considered by scientific-educational organizations. Therefore, it is necessary to analyze the relationship between teachers' responsibility and other organizational concepts. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of organizational socialization and social capital on responsibility with the mediating role of teachers' organizational commitment.

This research is descriptive-correlational research based on structural equation modeling. The statistical population included all the junior high school teachers in the fourth district of Tabriz with 550 people. The sample size was 218 people using stratified random sampling method and Morgan table. Standard questionnaires of Taormina' organizational socialization (1994), Nahapit and Gushal' social capital (1998), Carol' responsibility (1991) and Allen and Mir' organizational commitment (1996) were used to collect data.

The results showed that there is a positive and significant relationship between organizational socialization and social capital with responsibility (ß= .18, ß= .80) and a positive and significant relationship between organizational socialization and social capital with organizational commitment (ß= .13, ß= .85). Also, the mediation role of organizational commitment among the variables of research was confirmed.

According to the findings, the variables of organizational socialization, social capital and organizational commitment for organizational teachers' responsibility should be considered. Because in the shadow of responsibility, employees in all aspects of life will see the facilitation of the process and the achievement of organizational goals.