Current thinking and future view: participatory management a dynamic system for developing organizational commitment

The purpose of this research was to examine the relationship between participatory management (PM) and organizational commitment (OC) as multi dimensional phenomena among female government high schools in Mashhad, Iran. The authors examined fifteen components of PM and nine components of OC simultaneously. Data for the study was obtained from a sample of 903 female teachers. Methodologically this study is descriptive and co relational type. The reliability of questionnaire with Cronbach's coefficient alpha was 0.97. The results show that a positive correlation exists between PM and OC. Multi-variable regression was used for determining the effects components PM on OC. In addition the result of ANOVA show there were a significant differences for PM and OC with regards to Teacher's Demography. Findings of the study can be used to improve organizational performance. PM is a tool that has tremendous potential in educational organization for increasing the OC.