Organizational Behavior Management
Marzieh Khalifeh Soltani; Mahmoud Goudarzi; Amin Dehghan ghahfarokhi
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The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship model of social and cultural capital with the social participation of sports celebrities with the mediation of social responsibility. The method of this research was a descriptive-survey type and the statistical population was sports celebrities, ...
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The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship model of social and cultural capital with the social participation of sports celebrities with the mediation of social responsibility. The method of this research was a descriptive-survey type and the statistical population was sports celebrities, 278 people were selected as a statistical sample from the available sampling method due to the difficulty of data collection. Data collection tools included researcher-made questionnaire on social participation, social responsibility,cultural capital, and social capital.The face and content validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by 10 specialists and their reliability was calculated in a preliminary study with 30 subjects and Cronbach's alpha was 0.83, 0.86, 0.76 and 0.85 respectively. The data was analyzed through structural equatio modeling method using Lisrel software. Structural equation modeling analyzes confirmed the suitability of the proposed model. According to the obtained results, one of the methods of persuading sports celebrities to engage in extra-role behaviors for social participation and social responsibility is to improve the social and cultural capital of famous athletes.
Zahra Rezaee; Mehrzad Hamidi; Ebrahim Alidoust Gahfarokhi; Amin Dehghan Ghahfarokhi
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The purpose of this study designing model of social responsibility of the school sports federation. This study was practical with a mixed approach (qualitative and quantitative). The sample in the qualitative section was including informed experts of school sport in the field of academic, executive, ...
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The purpose of this study designing model of social responsibility of the school sports federation. This study was practical with a mixed approach (qualitative and quantitative). The sample in the qualitative section was including informed experts of school sport in the field of academic, executive, and sports. The sampling method was purposeful and due to its unpredictable approach, it proceeded to a point where we reached theoretical saturation. Therefore, 12 interviews were analyzed. In the quantitative section, the statistical society was included board members, experts, managers of students sports federations, Deputies of Physical Education and Health, Heads of offices, the staff and associations school sports and 219 people purposefully were selected as samples. We use MAXQDA software in the qualitative section for analyzing data. Also, exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis were used in the quantitative section for confirming hypotheses that were obtained in the qualitative section. Results show that the qualitative sample create 36 initial codes, 4 Factor(economic, humanitarian, legal, and moral), and 1 axial code( Social responsibility of the Student Sports federation) that they have 422 overall frequency in the context of interviews. Also, hypothesizes that were obtained in the qualitative part were confirmed in the quantitative section. The results of this study will use for policy-making and strategic planning to develop social responsibility among federation staff, stakeholders, teachers, and sports associations, and boards in student sports.
Organizational Behavior Management
MOHAMMADALI sahebkaran; jafar khoshbakhti; Mehdi Soleymani
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The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of social responsibility on organizational performance with the mediating role of organizational commitment from the perspective of employees of sports and youth offices in South Khorasan. The method of this research is descriptive-survey and the ...
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The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of social responsibility on organizational performance with the mediating role of organizational commitment from the perspective of employees of sports and youth offices in South Khorasan. The method of this research is descriptive-survey and the statistical population of the present study is all employees of sports and youth offices of South Khorasan province. Due to the limited statistical population, the statistical sample was considered equal to the statistical population (total number) (N = 186). In order to analyze the data and the relationships between the variables, Smart PLS3 software was used. According to the data analysis, the results showed that social responsibility has a significant effect on organizational commitment (r= 0.882) and organizational performance of sports and youth offices in South Khorasan (r= 0.316). In addition, for this organizational commitment has a significant effect on organizational performance (r= 0.592). The results also showed that social responsibility has a significant effect on the organizational performance of employees of sports and youth offices of South Khorasan through the mediating role of organizational commitment (r= 0.522). Therefore, all managers of sports and youth offices of South Khorasan province are recommended to increase the overall performance of their organization in order to have a more dynamic organization by increasing social responsibility and organizational commitment among the employees of their organizations.
Marziyeh Khalifeh Soltani; Mahmoud Goudarzi; Amin Dehghan Ghahfarokhi; Ebrahim Alidoust Gahfarokhi
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The aim of this study was to present a model of social responsibility of sports celebrities. The method of the present study was an exploratory mix (a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods). In the qualitative stage, through interviews with knowledgeable experts, the types of social responsibility ...
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The aim of this study was to present a model of social responsibility of sports celebrities. The method of the present study was an exploratory mix (a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods). In the qualitative stage, through interviews with knowledgeable experts, the types of social responsibility of sports celebrities were identified and categorized in the form of 53 factors and 8 components using the method of content analysis and Delphi technique. In the quantitative stage, the identified factors were adjusted in the form of a five-point Likert questionnaire and 278 people were provided with a statistical sample (sports celebrities). The results of the confirmatory factor analysis test showed that the social responsibility model of sports celebrities including social responsibility, Ethic responsibility, legal responsibility, environmental responsibility, cultural responsibility, economic responsibility and political responsibility were well-fitted. The results of this study showed that according to the fame that sports celebrities have in the community and are a model in a large part of society and have a significant range of social influence, their responsibility in various areas of social, economic, humanitarian, biological Environment, etc. will create very good conditions for society, and society will move towards sustainable development.
Mahdi Goudarzi; Asiyeh Shojaei
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The purpose of this study was to present a model for developing the social responsibility of elite female athletes on Instagram which was done by descriptive-survey method in the statistical population including all elite female athletes in Iran who are active on Instagram which The sample size was determined ...
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The purpose of this study was to present a model for developing the social responsibility of elite female athletes on Instagram which was done by descriptive-survey method in the statistical population including all elite female athletes in Iran who are active on Instagram which The sample size was determined using Morgan table 201 people.The research instrument was the standard questionnaire of social responsibility in sports Niazi-Tabar et al (2020) which to confirm the face and content validity of the questionnaire from 9 professors of sports management and to confirm the reliability by conducting a preliminary study on 30 people in the community and calculating the Cronbach's alpha coefficient (0.82). In order to analyze the collected data, K-S tests, exploratory factor analysis, Friedman ranking test and structural equation analysis with SPSS software version 23 and Smart PLS were used. Findings showed that 11 factors include encouraging social participation, respecting community rules, respecting community culture, respecting community traditions, role modeling, appropriate treatment of fans, coverage, awareness and knowledge, promoting a healthy lifestyle, and commitment to sports. Club and attention to communication and media factors that are effective in developing the social responsibility of elite female athletes on Instagram.
Mahdi Goudarzi; Morteza Goudarzi
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The purpose of this study was to design a communication model of social responsibility and organizational learning on customer development (members and audiences) of the Iran Triathlon Federation. The method of the present study was descriptive-survey and correlational. The statistical population of ...
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The purpose of this study was to design a communication model of social responsibility and organizational learning on customer development (members and audiences) of the Iran Triathlon Federation. The method of the present study was descriptive-survey and correlational. The statistical population of the study included all employees of the Triathlon Federation and the provincial delegations of this federation (N=200) that sampling was done by whole number method. Data collection tools were standard questionnaires of social responsibility, organizational learning and customer development that to confirm the face and content validity of the questionnaires from the perspective of 8 professors of sports management and to confirm the reliability by conducting a preliminary study on 30 people in the community and the calculation of Cronbach's alpha coefficient was used and approved by 0.81 for social responsibility, 0.88 for organizational learning and 0.85 for customer development, respectively. For data analysis, skewness and Kurtosis tests, Pearson correlation and structural equations were used by using SPSS 24 and Smart PLS 3. The results showed that Social responsibility and organizational learning have a positive and significant effect on the development of customers of the Triathlon federation also organizational learning, in addition to a positive and direct effect on customer development, through social responsibility has an indirect and significant impact on customer development too. Finally, the model of social responsibility and organizational learning on customer development (members and audiences) of the Triathlon Federation was designed and approved.
Shahram Nazari; Ahmad Mahmoudi; Mohsen Kosaripoor; Fahimeh Hasani
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of social responsibility and professional ethics in promoting the social capital of physical education teachers in Tehran. The research was applied in terms of purpose and methodological, descriptive and correlational based on structural equations. ...
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of social responsibility and professional ethics in promoting the social capital of physical education teachers in Tehran. The research was applied in terms of purpose and methodological, descriptive and correlational based on structural equations. The statistical population of this study included all physical education teachers in Tehran during the academic year 1398-1983, which were 2343 in total. Sampling using cluster sampling taking into account the statistical population of the sample size table was used Morgan sample and accordingly the sample size was 425 people. The standard questionnaires of social responsibility and Stuartz (2003), Moghimi and Ramadan professional ethics (2011) and Khodadad et al. (2010) social capital questionnaires were used to measure the research variables. Data were analyzed by SPSS and AMOS software for descriptive and inferential statistics. The results showed that there is a positive and significant relationship between responsibility with professional ethics, teachers' professional ethics with social capital and social responsibility variable with professional ethics. Finally, the results of structural equations showed that social responsibility through the mediator variable of professional ethics had a positive and significant effect on the social capital of physical education teachers in Tehran.
Samaneh Saeidpour; Najaf Aghaei; Alireza Elahi
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The aim of this study was to determine the role of social responsibility on the team's performance of Persepolis Club with the mediating of fans' satisfaction. The research method is descriptive and type of correlation with structural equation approach. The statistical population of all fans of Persepolis ...
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The aim of this study was to determine the role of social responsibility on the team's performance of Persepolis Club with the mediating of fans' satisfaction. The research method is descriptive and type of correlation with structural equation approach. The statistical population of all fans of Persepolis Club and sample size was 395 according to Morgan table. For collecting research data was used from a questionnaire Galbraith's (2010) social responsibility, Oliver's (1993) satisfaction, and a questionnaire from Glenn (2003), Hosseini (1395), Cooper and Suter (2011) were used to measure team performance. The content validity and formality of the questionnaires were confirmed by 10 sports management professors, structural validity through convergent and divergent validity and reliability using Cronbach's alpha and combined reliability. To analyze the data, descriptive and inferential statistics were used with structural equation modeling (SEM) approach. The results were analyzed using SPSS 22 and Smart PLS 3 software. Findings from the research report the direct and positive effects of social responsibility on team performance and fans' satisfaction, as well as the direct and positive effects of satisfaction on team performance. In addition, the minor role of mediator of satisfaction in relation to social responsibility and team performance was confirmed. It is suggested that the Managers, coaches and players of Persepolis Club, with their social responsibility, in the four dimensions of economic, ethical, legal and humanitarian, increase the satisfaction and club team performance from fans' perspective.
Nasser Bai; Zahra Haji Anzehaie; Akram Esfahani Nia
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The purpose of present research is to study the effects of social responsibility and ethical organization atmosphere on the employees’ job engagement in sport and youth offices of Golestan province. It is descriptive - survey. The statistical population was 220 employees of the sport and youth ...
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The purpose of present research is to study the effects of social responsibility and ethical organization atmosphere on the employees’ job engagement in sport and youth offices of Golestan province. It is descriptive - survey. The statistical population was 220 employees of the sport and youth offices of Golestan province which selected as the sample of the research. For collecting data, Lechuga (2012) social responsibility questionnaire; Arnaud et al (2002) ethical climate questionnaire and Skas (2006) employees’ job engagement questionnaire were used. The reliablity of the questionnaires was determined respectively 0.89, 0.81 and 0.85. To analyze data and identify the effects of research variables, structural equation modeling with the PLS software were applied. The results indicated that commitment to employees has no significant effect on employees’ job engagement. The effect of commitment to society on employees’ job engagement was positive and significant. Also, the positive effect of commitment to customers on employees’ job engagement was confirmed. Finally, the research findings claimed that the ethical organization atmosphere has a positive and significant effect on employees’ job engagement. According to the research results, it can be concluded that developing social responsibility and creating a positive ethical atmosphere in sports and youth offices can increase employees’ job engagement.
Samira Darabi; Shirin Zardoshtian
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The purpose of this research is to investigate the effect of social responsibility on organizational performance, with emphasis on the role of mediator of familiarity on employees of sports departments and youth in the West of Iran.This research is descriptive- correlation based on the purpose of applied ...
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The purpose of this research is to investigate the effect of social responsibility on organizational performance, with emphasis on the role of mediator of familiarity on employees of sports departments and youth in the West of Iran.This research is descriptive- correlation based on the purpose of applied research.The statistical population of the study is 600 employees of sport and youth departments of western Iran. A stratified sampling method was used for sampling and Cochran formula was used to determine the sample size and 220 samples were selected as sample.In this research, three standard social responsibility questionnaires, Patterson organizational performance and organization's reputation coefficient were used to collect information. Structural equation modeling using Lisrel software was used to analyze the data. The results showed that social responsibility has a positive and direct effect on the knowledge with the standard coefficient of 2.09. Also, the social responsibility of the celebrity has a positive and significant effect on the quality of the work with the coefficient of 0.58 and the reputation of the performance has a positive and significant effect on the effect of 0.20%. Finally, social responsibility has a positive effect on the performance with a mediator role with a coefficient of 0.17 Has an indirect and meaningful effect. Therefore, the agencies are advised to push employees with a variety of programs to take responsibility and provide a ground for creating a reputation in the organization and thus increase organizational performance.
Ali Ghorbani; Yousef Mohammadkarimi; Foad Koohzadi
Volume 5, Issue 2 , May 2018, , Pages 45-56
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The purpose of this study was to design a model for prioritizing the factors influencing the acceptance of social responsibility using artificial neural networks. The method of this research is descriptive-survey. The statistical population of the research is all employees of the Department of Sports ...
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The purpose of this study was to design a model for prioritizing the factors influencing the acceptance of social responsibility using artificial neural networks. The method of this research is descriptive-survey. The statistical population of the research is all employees of the Department of Sports of Kurdistan Province, which was 240 at the time of the research. The target population is, in the first place, experts in the academic field. In the first phase, four main dimensions of social responsibility were collected by studying literature of authoritative literature (library studies) (Table 1).These factors were at the disposal of the panel of experts, including 11 university professors. The experts verified the content validity of the factors with an average above 79/0. The statistical population in the second section was the staff and managers of the Department of Sports and Youth of Kurdistan province. Based on the Klein index, 100 individuals were selected as the sample. After ensuring the initial validity, the components were based on a Likert scale-based questionnaire. Structural Validity (Confirmatory Factor Analysis) and Reliability (Cronbach's Alpha) were evaluated. Finally, validity (0.79) and structural reliability (0.891) were confirmed. Then, using artificial neural network method, the factors influencing the acceptance of social responsibility among employees were estimated and measured. The results of the research showed that, in the process of accepting social responsibility among employees, the component of ethics of business in the first priority and the component of economic needs were placed in the top priority.
Saeed Hatami; Najaf Aghaei; Hossein Poorsoltan Zarandi; Hossein Akbari Yazdi
Volume 5, Issue 1 , April 2018, , Pages 89-98
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of mediator of social responsibility in the relationship between professional ethics of managers and Behavioral Citizenship of the fans of football clubs. The research method was correlation and survey. The statistical population of this research ...
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of mediator of social responsibility in the relationship between professional ethics of managers and Behavioral Citizenship of the fans of football clubs. The research method was correlation and survey. The statistical population of this research was all fans of the national football league in 2017-18, who were present at the Azadi Stadium to watch their favorite football matches. Using the sample size formula for an unlimited society, 320 people were selected as samples. The research Instruments were Eidi professional ethics questionnaire (2016), Bakhshande Social responsibility questionnaire (2012) and citizenship behavior Gruth questionnaire (2005). Collected data were analyzed by inferential methods such as pearson correlation coefficient and structural equation model. Research. results showed a positive and significant relationship between professional ethics, social responsibility citizenship behavior Fans. the output of the AMOS software showed that structural model is fit. (GFI = 0.91, IFI = 0.95, NFI = 0.96, CFI = 0.96 & RMSEA = 0.012). According to results it seems that The social responsibility of the club can act as a mediator between the professional ethics of managers and the citizenship behavior of the fans And professional ethics thus show their effects on the citizenship behavior of supporters.