Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• Seyyed Jafar Moosavi
• Seyed Reza Mousavi Gilani

Department of Sport Management, Qaemshahr Branch,Islamic Azad University, Qaemshahr, Iran

Abstract

Abstract
The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between organizational health with creativity and personnel productivity among staff workers of the General Administration of Sports and Youth of Sistan and Baluchestan Province.This descriptive- correlation, study is an applied one in terms of objective. The statistical population of the research included the staff workers of the General Administration of sports and Youth of Sistan and Baluchestan Province. Measuring organizational health of Hui et al, questionnaire,the creativity of Torrance employees Questionnaire and “Hersey and Goldsmiths’ Productivity Questionnaire” were used to collect data. The content validity of the questionnaires was approved by sport management experts panel and the reliability was determined by Cronbach's alpha . For analysis of the data after testing the normality of the data through the use of Kolmogorov-Smirnov test,the researcher applied single-groupt-test and Pearson’s correlation test.The results showed that there was a direct and significant relationship between the dimensions of organizational health with creativity and productivity of the staff workers.The results of the regression analysis showed that organizational health variable could predict 68% changes in creativity and 35% changes in productivity.The results also revealed that whole creativity and productivity among staff workers of the General Administration of Sports and Youth of Sistan and Baluchestan Province is in an undesirable level. It is concluded that managers strengthen organizational health by creating relationships and social interactions that result in a healthy work environment that leads to creativity and increased productivity

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Keywords

• Organizational health
• creativity
• productivity
• Staisn and Baluchestan province

Main Subjects

• Organizational Behavior Management