A study on the Effect of Planned Behavior on Performance by Moderating Role of Individual – organization proportionality among Staff of Ardabil University of Medical Sciences

The purpose of the present study is to study the effect of planned behavior on performance by the moderating role of individual‐organization proportionality among staff of Ardabil University of Medical Sciences. The study is an applied one in the purpose, and so descriptive and correlative method, and the research method is field one in data collection. The statistical population of this study includes all staff of Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, 601 employees. Morgan table was used to determine the staff sample size and 234 persons were selected by simple random sampling. For measuring variables, Ahmad Tabatabai et al. s Planned Behavior Questionnaire (2008), Scruggines Individual‐ proporƟonality Inventory (2008), and Hersey Gold Smith s Organizational Performance QuesƟonnaire (2008, quoted by Asadi, 2008) were used. Data were analyzed by using SMART PLS software and structural equations were used to analyze the research hypothesis. The findings show that individual‐organization proportionality plays a moderating role in the relationship between planned behavior and employee performance. In conclusion, it can be said that relationship between two variables of planned behavior and employee performance is increased by the individual‐ organization proportionality variable. This can be deduced from the significance and direction of the moderating effect of individual‐organization proportionality.