Pages: 42-51

Abstract

The general goal of this research was to determine the relationship between organizational trust with organizational innovation, organizational learning, and organizational entrepreneurship of the administrative staff of Islamic Azad University, Zahedan Branch. This research was a descriptive-correlational study, which was conducted in 2018. The participants in this research included the administrative staff of Islamic Azad University of Zahedan, Zahedan Branch in Iran, accounting for 714 people. The sample size was selected as 254 subjects according to Krejcie & Morgan Table. The sampling method used in this research was a Stratified random sampling type. The data were collected using Shafiee’s Organizational Trust Questionnaire (2011), Esmail et al. Organizational Innovation Inventory (2002), Tabesh-Fard Organizational Learning Questionnaire (2014), and Robbins & Coulter Organizational Entrepreneurship Questionnaire (1996). The descriptive statistics and inferential statistics methods were used to analyze the data. The results of Pearson correlation coefficient showed a significant correlation between the components of reliability, competence, and organizational trust variable with the variables of organizational learning and organizational innovation. The Pearson coefficient between the organizational trust and organizational entrepreneurship among the administrative staff of the Islamic Azad University of Zahedan also indicated that there is negative relationship between organizational trust and organizational entrepreneurship. The results of the linear regression test showed that the component of personal innovation and organizational learning predicts the organizational trust of the administrative staff of the Islamic Azad University of Zahedan. Also, the organizational entrepreneurial variable cannot predict the organizational trust of administrative staff of Islamic Azad University of Zahedan.