Introduction: Faculty members and staff are important human resources in universities. Their physical health is very important because it can affect their organizational commitment. The aim of this study was to determine the correlation between some indicators of physical health and organizational commitment among faculty members and staff of Tabriz  Islamic Arts University.
Methods: The method of the present study is descriptive-correlation. 60 male university staff and faculty members were randomly selected as a sample. To collect data from the demographic questionnaire and "Allen and Meyer Organizational Commitment Questionnaire" used. Content validity by qualitative method and its reliability was confirmed by Cronbach's alpha coefficient calculation method. Also, the maximum oxygen consumption and the percentage of fat mass were measured from physical health indicators. Data analysis was performed in SPSS. 23.
Results: Maximum oxygen consumption has a significant and direct correlation with organizational commitment (r = 0.27, P-value = 0.03) and fat mass percentage has a significant and inverse correlation with organizational commitment (r = -0.33, 0.00 = P-value). There is a significant difference between organizational commitment and its three sub-components among faculty members and staff (P <0.05).
Conclusions: Some health indicators such as fat mass percentage and maximum oxygen consumption have a significant correlation with organizational commitment of individuals. It is suggested that university officials have continuous planning to improve the physical health of their human resources.