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Purpose of the present study is to recognize how internal marketing affects organizational commitment. In this research we have used a questionnaire with thirty questions in order to study a one hundred sample of hotel managers and administrators in Isfahan province. In this regard, a model has been designed to show the effect of internal marketing on organizational commitment based on research literature which is tested by means of LISREL software. According to the obtained results of the questionnaire's data analysis, it has been determined that internal marketing affects organizational commitment directly and indirectly through market orientation. It means that factors of internal marketing influence market orientation directly and then market orientation affects organizational commitment. Effects of these factors are significant on organizational commitment directly. Amount of goodness indexes (AGFI= 0.96, GFI= 0.99) shows suitability of the model.

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Internal marketing tries to satisfy needs of employees by considering them as the organization's internal market. According to performed researches satisfaction of the organization's employees needs in the best manner through internal marketing activities could be leaded to forming and improving of employees' extra-role behaviors in addition to improvement of their in-role behaviors. Organizational citizenship behaviors are one of the extra-role behaviors of employees in the organization. Thus, the present survey examines the relationship between internal marketing and organizational citizenship behavior and the impact of internal marketing dimensions on the amount of appearing of employees' citizenship behavior. Population of this research includes employees of Melli Bank in Isfahan city of Iran. after sampling of 220 persons, Questionnaire is used for data collection. Two-hundred fifteen (215) returned questionnaires have been analyzed. Structural equations technique and path analysis (regression model) have been used to test hypotheses by applying of Amos Graphic software. Results showed that all five hypotheses are accepted with 95% confidence.