Document Type : Research Paper
Authors
1 Associate Professor, Department of Sport Management, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
2 Ph.D. Student of Sport Management, University of Mazandaran, Babolsar, Iran
Abstract
The aim of this study was to provide a model for the effect of organizational spirituality and ethics on job involvement in experts of the Ministry of Sport and Youth. This study was descriptive-correlation in terms of data collection and application in terms of goal which was conducted as a field. The Milimanquestionnaire was used to measure organizational spirituality and a researcher-made questionnaire was applied to measure organizational ethics and job involvement. The validity of the questionnaires was confirmed by a group of academic experts through factor analysis technique and they were distributed among the population after determining reliability. Multiple correlation coefficient and structural equation modeling were used for data analysis. The results showed that organizational spirituality had 0.51 multiplier effect on job involvement and 0.42 multiplier effect on organizational ethics. Multiplier effect of organizational ethics on job involvement was also achieved 0.55. The model presented in this study confirmed the effect of organizational spirituality on job involvement through organizational ethics. As a result, the managers of Ministry of Sport and Youth can improve job involvement and ultimately organizational performance by creating a spiritual and ethical climate.
Keywords
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