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The Effect of Good Governance Mixture in Governmental Organizations on Promotion of Employees’ Job Satisfaction (Case Study: Employees and Faculty Members of Lorestan University)

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The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of indicators of good governance in public organizations to improve the level of employees’ job satisfaction. The methods were confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling using LISREL software and SPSS18 packages. The population consisted of all faculty members and staff of Lorestan University (N=500), which 217 of them were selected systematically using Kerjisi Morgan table. To collect the data 2 standardized questionnaires consisted of good governance and job satisfaction (residents and Ramadan, 2011) were used and the reliability of the questionnaire was (0.73) by calculating Cronbach’s alpha coefficient. The results of the study showed that the implementation of the indicators of good governance in the organization will lead to an increase in employees’ job satisfaction.

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  • Mahdi Shahin, 2016. "The Effect of Good Governance Mixture in Governmental Organizations on Promotion of Employees’ Job Satisfaction (Case Study: Employees and Faculty Members of Lorestan University)," Asian Social Science, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 12(5), pages 108-108, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:ibn:assjnl:v:12:y:2016:i:5:p:108
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