| Summary: | This study examined the ralationship of organizational
structure and job satisfaction in Iranain iron companies.
Sixteen of 27 Iranian iron companies were randomly
selected for the study, and 195 middle managers in the 16
companies were surveyed with a three part instrument
consisting of Likert's (1967) Profile of Organizational
Characteristics; Smith, Kendal and Hulin's (1969) Job
Description Index; and a short demographic questionnaire.
For each company, responses to the Profile of
Organizational Characteristics were tabulated, means were
calculated, and an organizational structure was assigned to
the company based on Likert's (1967) classification of
organizational structures: System 1, Exploitative/
Authoritative; System 2, Benevolent/Authoritative; System 3,
Consultive; and System 4, Participative. The mean job
satisfaction of middle managers was also calculated from
responses to the Job Description Index, and results from the
demographic questionnaire were tabulated. These results
were statistically analyzed using Analysis of Variance, the
Student-Newman-Keuls Procedure, Pearson's r test, and a
correlation coefficient test.
The findings revealed no single organizational
structure present in Iranian iron companies; however, 14 of
the 16 companies had a System 3, Consultive, organizational
structure. A positive correlation of job satisfaction with
organizational structure was found; as structure changed
from more authoritarian/less participative to less
authoritarian/more participative, job satisfaction of middle
managers increased. No significant relationship was found
between organizational structure and organizational size, no
significant differences were found in job satisfaction of
middle managers in different companies, and no significant
relationships were found between job satisfaction and any of
the four demographic variables: Type of Work, Education,
Job Location, and Marital Status. === Graduation date: 1990
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