Majid Jalali Farahani; Masoud Freydoni
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The main purpose of the present study was to model the effect of service and distribution leadership on dynamic job behaviors and enhance the organizational performance of the staff of the Ministry of Sports and Youth.The research method was descriptive correlational, in terms of target and in terms ...
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The main purpose of the present study was to model the effect of service and distribution leadership on dynamic job behaviors and enhance the organizational performance of the staff of the Ministry of Sports and Youth.The research method was descriptive correlational, in terms of target and in terms of data collection method was survey type. In order to study servant leadership, distributed leadership, dynamic job behaviors and organizational performance. Firstly, existing research in informational and library resources was studied and after several consultation and review sessions, effective factors were identified and in the form of a questionnaire and a conceptual model of the research, two times as Delphi method, the experts' survey was laid. A questionnaire was developed in the form of 9 questions for servant leadership, 6 questions for distributed leadership, 7 questions for dynamic job behaviors and 5 questions for organizational performance. Structural equations modeling was used to analyze questions.دThe fit model results (NFI=0.94, TLI=0.92, CFI=0.91, GFI=0.90, AGFI=0.91) indicate that the model is suitable. Also, the results of path analysis confirmed the effect of service leadership and distributed leadership on dynamic job behavior and organizational performance. The knowledge gained from this research helps managers and planners of sports organizations to focus on enhancing organizational performance through the development of specific leadership behaviors.
Samad Goudarzi; Majid Jalali Farahani; Ali Saberi
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The purpose of this study was to The Effect of Authentic Leadership Style on the Psychological Well-being of the Employees of the Ministry of Sports and Youth with the Intermediate role of Psychological Capital. This research is descriptive research was a correlation based on structural equations The ...
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The purpose of this study was to The Effect of Authentic Leadership Style on the Psychological Well-being of the Employees of the Ministry of Sports and Youth with the Intermediate role of Psychological Capital. This research is descriptive research was a correlation based on structural equations The statistical population of the study consisted of all employees of the Ministry of Sport and Youth, which was 860 people. According to the Krejsi and Morgan tables 260 people were selected as the statistical sample. Finally, using a simple random sampling method, 237 questionnaires were used for analysis. To measure the variables, the Luthans (2007) Psychological Capital, the Neider and Schriesheim (2011) Authentic Leadership and Ryff (1989) psychological well-being questionnaire were used. that validity and reliability were confirmed.for data analysis, confirmatory factor analysis and structural equations were used by Liserel software. The research findings showed that authentic leadership, both directly and indirectly through psychological capital affect the psychological well-being of employees. Therefore, it is suggested to sports managers that in order to improve their psychological well-being and psychological well-being, using their appropriate leadership style, they will develop the fields of psychological capital development and psychological well-being.
Behzad Poorfarahmand; Mohammad Khabiri; Nasrollah Sajjadi; Majid Jalali Farahani
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The purpose of this study was to identify the demographic factors affecting the deviant behaviors of players of Iranian Football Premier League, which was done using qualitative method in 2017 & 2018. The statistical population of the study consisted of directors of football clubs (18 persons) and ...
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The purpose of this study was to identify the demographic factors affecting the deviant behaviors of players of Iranian Football Premier League, which was done using qualitative method in 2017 & 2018. The statistical population of the study consisted of directors of football clubs (18 persons) and heads of soccer board (7 persons) in the Iranian Premier League in the Sixteenth and seventeenth seasons, as well as football experts and university professors related to the subject. Using a targeted snowball sampling method, 23 individuals were selected as statistical sample. The method of data collection in the first stage was a library study and in the second stage qualitative interviews. To interpret the data obtained from qualitative interviews, for data analysis the Grounded Theory method was used. Twenty-five interviews resulted in theoretical saturation stage. The results of the qualitative interviews showed that the demographic factors affecting these behaviors include the general concepts of education, age, marital status, social status, sport background and social attitude. Therefore, considering the effective role of the abovementioned factors, it is suggested that managers and planners of the field of professional sport take into account the differences between their players in their guidance and leadership.
Ghasem Mehrabi; Seyed Nasrollah Sajjadi; Majid Jalali Farahani
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The purpose of this study was to determine the evaluative indicators dedicated to managers' behavior for appropriate governance in sports federations. This research was carried out in quantitative & qualitative steps, C-OAR-SE Procedure used in order to design the questionnaire and identify ...
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The purpose of this study was to determine the evaluative indicators dedicated to managers' behavior for appropriate governance in sports federations. This research was carried out in quantitative & qualitative steps, C-OAR-SE Procedure used in order to design the questionnaire and identify indicators. In the first step, appropriate governance indicators were identified through review of literature as well as interview with 29 raters through which 114 indicators were identified. In the second step, 11 expert raters expressed their ideas about the content validity of the questionnaire with CVI & CVR and 9 indicators were removed in this step. The reliability of the questionnaire was confiremed by using Comunality test and then handed out among 305 raters and the stakeholders of 8 selected federations. SPSS and SMART-PLS(SEM) was used to analyze the data. According to the results of this study, extracted indicators were stood in eight dimentions: transparency and accountability, participation, rule-oriented, responsibility, fight against corruption, ethic principal, control and monitoring and effectiveness. They could pridicted 0.773 percent of managers' behavior for appropriate governance. Results showed that Transparency and accountability dimensions were the most important one (β=4.886) and ethic principal was the least important (β=2.966) in explanation of appropriate governance concept in sport federations.
Majid Jalali Farahani; Masoud Fereydooni; Roya Zafari
Volume 4, Issue 1 , March 2017, , Pages 41-48
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The aim of this study was finding a model for the impact between organizational culture on organisational learning and human resources productivity among the staff of the ministry of sports and youth. The research was descriptive and correlation it was practical in terms of purpose. the population of ...
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The aim of this study was finding a model for the impact between organizational culture on organisational learning and human resources productivity among the staff of the ministry of sports and youth. The research was descriptive and correlation it was practical in terms of purpose. the population of this study was all employees of the ministry of sports and youth and its samples were 285 person which were selected randomly. the research background and theoretical framework of mediator variables were identified and then the primary model of the research was designed and a questionnaire was prepared according the model. After confirmation of the validity and reliability of the questionnaire it was filledby staff of the ministry of sports and youth. structural equation modeling was used for data analysis.The results showed that multiplier effect of Organizational Culture on Organisational Learning was 0.43 and multiplier effect on Human resources productivity was 0.63. Multiplier effect of Organisational Learning on Human resources productivity was also achieved 0.53. The model that was presented in this study confirmed the impact of Organizational Culture Organisational Learning on Human resources productivity. Finally, according to the findings of this model it is suggested tochange or amended characteristics that are undesirable and ineffective bymanagement of changeing culture, and hence to increase organizational learning and labor productivity.
Seyed Yahya Mir Moeini; Majid Jalali Farahani; Ebrahim Alidoost Ghahfarokhi
Volume 3, Issue 4 , January 2017, , Pages 111-123
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Objective of this study was designing of organizational citizenship behavior prediction model for physical educators from job satisfaction, organizational commitment and organizational justice. The survey was conducted by Applied Research. The population included all physical educators who were working ...
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Objective of this study was designing of organizational citizenship behavior prediction model for physical educators from job satisfaction, organizational commitment and organizational justice. The survey was conducted by Applied Research. The population included all physical educators who were working in city Tehran in the 1394-1395 academic years. The total number (1500 teachers) was selected as statistical society. the finally (320number)were selected sample Standardized questionnaires consist of the organizational justice developed by Niehoff and Moorman (1993), organizational commitment developed by Allen and Meyer (1991), job satisfaction Minnesota (1997) and OCB developed by Padsakof et al (2000) were used to collect information. Pearson correlation, multiple regression and structural equation modeling technique were used. Data were analysis by software LISREL8, SPSS19 with a 95% confidence. Results showed significant relationships between job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and organizational justice with organizational citizenship behavior. Internal and external Job satisfaction, affective commitment and interactional justice were the best predictors for organizational citizenship behavior. Furthermore, path analysis indicated that job satisfaction directly related to organizational citizenship behavior, but organizational commitment and organizational justice indirectly by influencing on job satisfaction influenced on organizational citizenship behavior.
Majid Jalali farahani; Ali Saberi; Mohammad Heydari; Majid Javid
Volume 2, Issue 4 , March 2016, , Pages 35-44
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The purpose of this study was Explain the relationship organizational forgetting and organizational learning and organizational agility in staff of Office of Youth and Sports in Hamadan province. The study sample included all formal and informal workers and youth and sports organizations in Hamedan province, ...
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The purpose of this study was Explain the relationship organizational forgetting and organizational learning and organizational agility in staff of Office of Youth and Sports in Hamadan province. The study sample included all formal and informal workers and youth and sports organizations in Hamedan province, that their number was equal with 147 people. For determined sample static Used the table Morgan krejcie that 105 subjects were selected random sampling proportional to size. To collect data used from three questionnaires, organizational learning, organizational agility and purposeful forgetting the reliability of the questionnaire conducted a pilot study study to be equal to 86 /894 / and 844 /. Also for face and content validity of the questionnaire and management of sports professionals and doctoral students in the field of sport management and validity of the questionnaire was verified. For Data analysis) were used, descriptive statistics (frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation) and inferential statistics (Kolmogorof- Smirnof test, Pearson correlation and multiple regression, path analysis.results show that there are relationship between learning organizational and forgetting proposal with organizational agility and organizational learning could be good prediction for organizational agility.
Majid Jalalifarahani
Volume 1, Issue 4 , January 2015, , Pages 57-68
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The purpose of this study was to evaluate the educational, politic and athletic background of senior sport managers of Iran and selected countries. According to the main objective of the study research method was a qualitative. The theoretical background of the issue was investigated by reference to ...
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The purpose of this study was to evaluate the educational, politic and athletic background of senior sport managers of Iran and selected countries. According to the main objective of the study research method was a qualitative. The theoretical background of the issue was investigated by reference to the information contained on websites, books, magazines and publications. Then educational, political and athletic backgrounds of Iranian senior sport managers was Compared with selected countries and eventually, the analysis of the results was performed. The study population consisted of all senior sport managers were based in Iran and other countries. According to the research objectives, senior sport managers including the head of National Olympic Committee, the Minister of Sports and the head of Football Federation. Foreign countries were selected based on data availability. However, tried to select countries from different continents of the world (Germany, Japan, Brazil, Australia and South Africa). The results showed that, for all sports chiefs and ministers of selected countries (without exception) had political background and only 2 of these patients had an athletic background. Most of the Iranian Olympic Committee heads (63 percent) was selected by political relations, but the most heads of Olympic Committee in the other countries were selected from former athletes or famous champions. It was also observed; most of the Iranian Football Federation heads (60%) had sports background. It is seen less in selected countries and the heads of Football Association in other countries often had political background than sport one. Interestingly, the average time of in the Iranian Football Association and the National Olympic Committee were not comparable in any way with selected countries and represent a stable management base in the other countries.
