Document Type : Original Research Paper

Authors

• A.R. Shirani
• S. Sehat
• F. Tomzar

Department of Business Management , Faculty of Management, Allameh Tabatabai University, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

The current research is based on the hypothesis that deregulation as a change factor or independent variable has an effect on the organizational structure of insurance companies as a dependent variable. The findings of the research are the result of a study that was conducted according to the views of 168 people from all managers and assistants of the central branches of private insurance companies in Tehran with at least 5 years of insurance experience. Data analysis was done using the process of analysis of covariance structures (structural equation modeling) and confirmatory factor analysis, and the parametric test of the comparison of correlated groups was used. The results show that after deregulation, the organizational structure of insurance companies will change and will be more formal and focused. In fact, after deregulation, the organizational structure of insurance companies becomes more mechanical.

Keywords

• Deregulation
• organizational structure
• formalization
• centralization