Determining Organizational Procrastination & Indifference Based on Personality Traits and Job Nature in Employees of Education Office in Qods City

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1 M. A. in educational management, Kashan University, Kashan, Iran

2 Associate professor, Faculty of Humanities, Kashan University, Kashan, Iran

Abstract

Educational organizations, including the organization of education, have a central role in the development of human capital in any society, and human capital education is one of their most important tasks. Therefore, addressing the issue of organizational indifference and procrastination is one of the most important issues. Thus the purpose of this research was to determine organizational procrastination and organizational indifference based on personality traits and job nature in employees of education office in Qods City. This research is a descriptive correlational study. The statistical population consisted of all employees in Qods City. Using Cochran Formula and stratified randomized sampling, 324 employees were chosen as the sample. To collect data, Standard Organizational Procrastination Questionnaire (2011), Standard Organizational Indifference Questionnaire (2010), Standard Job Nature Questionnaire (1976) and Standard Personality Traits Questionnaire (1999) were used. Content validity (by experts & specializations) and construct validity (via confirmatory factor analysis) were estimated. Reliability of the questionnaires was estimated through Cronbach alpha coefficient as well. To analyze data, descriptive statistics (e. g. frequency, percentage, mean & standard deviation) and inferential statistics (i.e. one sample t-test, Pearson correlation coefficient & regression analysis) were employed. The findings showed that mean of organizational procrastination in the employees was low, the organizational indifference of the staff was lower than the average, and the average of the job nature and personality traits were higher than average. There is a negative and significant relationship between job nature and personality traits with organizational procrastination and organizational indifference. Both job nature and personality traits can significantly predict organizational procrastination and organizational indifference.

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