The Effect of Perceived Training on Organizational Commitment

Human resources are the most important assets of any organization and the force behind realization of organizational objectives and plans. Management thinkers believe that realization of organizational objectives is impossible without specialized and committed human resources. This article aims to study the effect of employees’ perception of training on organizational commitment and the effect of organizational commitment on job performance. It is a field survey research of applicative, descriptive and quantitative nature whose statistical population covers employees of Kerman Social Security Organization. Sample size came to be 251 based on Cochran’s formula for limited populations. Data collection was done according to stratified sampling. Structural equation modeling has been used to analyze collected data. Findings showed that all three dimensions of training i.e., Perceived accessibility to training, perceived support for training and perceived benefits from training have positive and significant effect on organizational commitment and commitment to service quality. The effect of organizational commitment on job performance has not been confirmed.