The relationship between structure and performance organizational from emergency staff viewpoints

Background and Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate the relationship between organizational structure and organizational
performance from the perspective of the staff of 115 emergency departments of Mazandaran province, Iran.
Materials and Methods: In this study, data were collected from the emergency personnel of different hospitals of Mazandaran province,
Iran in 2014. Moreover, data on two variables of organizational performance and organizational structure were obtained using Frank’s
standard organizational structure questionnaire (2006). In this questionnaire, organizational structure is assessed in three dimensions
of formalization, centralization, and complexity. This study was conducted on the staff of 115 emergency departments of Mazandaran
province. Initially, 499 emergency personnel were selected, and sample population was determined using the Cochran’s formula and
random sampling. In total, 207 participants were enrolled in this study. Data analysis was performed using the Kolmogorov-Smirnov
test, Spearman’s correlation-coefficient, and Friedman’s rank test.
Results: According to the results of Spearman’s correlation-coefficient, the correlation-coefficient between organizational structure
and organizational performance was 0.793. Moreover, the correlation-coefficients of the complexity and centralization dimensions of
organizational performance were 0.979 and 0.493, respectively. Correlation-coefficient of the formalization dimension of organizational
performance was obtained at 0.287.
Conclusion: According to the results of this study, all the dimensions of organizational structure (formalization, complexity, and
centralization) had significant, positive correlations with organizational performance in the viewpoint of the staff of 115 emergency
departments of Mazandaran province.