Studying the Prevalence of Organizational Indifference in Bamyan University
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Organisation, Indifferences, Requesters, Colleague, societyAbstract
This research was conducted with the aim of investigating the prevalence of organizational indifference in Bamyan University. The research method was a descriptive method. The statistical population included all lecturers and employees of Bamyan University, whose total number reached (269). In this research, full sampling method was used and all members of the statistical community were selected as statistical samples. To collect data, organizational indifference questionnaire of Danaeefard, Hassanzadeh and Salarieh (2010) was used. The validity of the questionnaire was calculated using the item analysis method and its reliability was calculated using Cronbach's alpha scale, and its alpha coefficient was obtained (0.914). This questionnaire was sent to 269 people, of whom (214) responded. The data obtained at two levels (descriptive and inferential) were analyzed using the statistical methods of Pearson's correlation coefficient, one-sample t-test and IBM SPSS23 statistical software. The results of data analysis showed that the prevalence of organizational indifference and its dimensions are less than average level (Q2=3) and more than low level (Q1=2).
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