The Impact of Structure Complexity on Employees' Social Responsibility Dimensions (Case Study: Sharif University of Technology)

Social responsibility is recognized as one of the most important elements of the existential philosophy of organizations. Social responsibility and its observance by organizations can have a positive effect on the performance of organizations in a way that significantly affects the organizational commitment of employees. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of organizational complexity on the dimensions of social responsibility in Sharif University of Technology. The present study was a descriptive-correlational study in terms of applied purpose and method in terms of method, which was conducted as a survey. Measurement tools included Robbins (1998) Structural Dimensions Questionnaire and Carroll Organization (1991) Social Responsibility Questionnaire. The statistical population of the study was 1200 employees (faculty and non-faculty) of Sharif University that 291 people were selected as a sample using Cochran's formula by simple random sampling. Data were analyzed using simple linear regression parametric test and SPSS software. The results showed that the organizational dimension of organizational complexity has a positive and direct effect on moral, economic and social responsibility dimensions. Complexity also has a negative and inverse effect on the legal dimension and a negative and inverse effect on the voluntary responsibility dimension of social responsibility.