Document Type : Research Paper

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of social undermining the functioning of the Directorate General of Youth and Sports Organization of Tehran province was the mediating role of job involvement. The research method is descriptive survey in the category applied research and the field was conducted. The study consisted of all employees of the General Directorate of Youth and Sports in Tehran that their number was 150. The sample was considered as a whole number. In order to collect data three questionnaires of social undermining Duffy and colleagues (2002), job involvement questionnaire Ladahl and Knjr (1995), and a questionnaire Hersey and Goldsmith (2003), was used. Data analysis using LISREL software using descriptive and inferential statistics, And in line with further analysis of the correlation and path analysis was used to model the causal relations. The results showed that, social undermining effect by a factor of -0/37 as negative affects on organizational performance, as well as social undermining job with the mediation of conflicts caused by a factor of -0/42 indirect impact on organizational performance.

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