Investigate the role of Professional identity in career path development (Case Study: Housing Foundation of Islamic revolution - East Azerbaijan Province)

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of corporate identity and its dimensions, including organizational membership, loyalty and similarity on the career path development of employees in the education organization. The research method is descriptive and is applied-survey. The population of this study included staff of education organization. Needed data for this study was collected by using a sample of 170 individuals and using random cluster sampling method. Data collected in the LISREL software environment were analyzed by applying structural equation modeling tests and also through SPSS software due to the assumptions of the study. The questionnaire reliability was confirmed by using Cronbach's alpha coefficient; the content validity was confirmed by using experts familiar with the subject. Based on data analysis, the following results were obtained: (1) corporate identity affects career path development in the education organization, (2) organizational membership affects career path development in the education organization; (3) organizational loyalty affects career path development in the education organization and (4) organizational similarity affects career path development in the education organization