Relationship between Job Satisfaction, Job Performance and Team Identity: An investigation of the Mediating Role of the Corporate Identity

This study examined the role of team identity on job satisfaction and job performance regarding the mediating role of the organizational identity. This paper is a correlation type using descriptive methods with applied goals. Our statistical population included all 420 male and female staffs of the telecommunication department in Eastern Azerbaijan province, Iran in 2014.Using stratified random sampling, a sample size of 180 people was achieved. Data was gathered through a standard questionnaire of job satisfaction by Brifield and Roots, job performance by Paterson, team identity, and organizational identity by Vandick et al. For evaluating the correlation of latent and observed variables in conceptual pattern, structural equations were used. The results showed that the team identity and organizational identity and job satisfaction and performance hade had positive and significant correlation. Also, there was no significant correlation between team identity and job satisfaction and performance. The correlation between team identity and job satisfaction and performance was also mediated by the organizational identity. Based on the results, the team identity improved the organizational identity. As the organizational identity improved, job satisfaction and performance of the staffs of the telecommunication department increase.