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The Effect of Ethical Leadership and Social Responsibility on the Organizational Reputation of Sports and Youth Departments in Golestan Province

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Graduate students of Sport Management department, Physical Education Faculty, Shahrood University of Technology, Shahrood, Iran,

2 Faculty member of sport management department, Faculty of physical education, Shahrood university of technology, Shahrood, Iran ,

3 Associate Professor of Sport Management department, Physical Education Faculty, Shahrood University of Technology, Shahrood, Iran,

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of ethical leadership and social responsibility on the organizational reputation of sports and youth departments in Golestan province. This research is a descriptive-correlational study that has been conducted in the field. The statistical population of this study consisted of all employees of sports and youth departments of Golestan province (N = 208), 122 of them were used as available sampling method as a sample. After confirming the face and content validity of the questionnaires, data was collected using Brown et al.'s (With α = 0.91; CR = 0.96), Ethical Leadership Questionnaire, Carol's Social Responsibility Questionnaire (with α = 0.86; CR = 0.90), and Lima-Aho's Organizational Reputation Questionnaire (with α = 0.93; CR = 0.95). Descriptive and inferential statistics were used for statistical analysis of data using SPSS and PLS software. The results of inferential data analysis showed that ethical leadership had a positive and significant effect on organizational reputation(0.31) and employees 'social responsibility (0.81), also social responsibility on employees' organizational reputation had a significant effect (0.59). According to the findings of the present study, It is suggested that the sports and youth departments, by observing the ethical principles and criteria in their organization, improve the responsibility of employees and the organization, which will show a good and pleasant image of the organization among the community that operates.

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Organizational Behavior Management in Sport Studies
Volume 8, Issue 2 - Serial Number 30
October 2021
Pages 91-104
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