Sport Management Journal

The Model of Job Autonomy and Task Complexity in Creative Behaviors in Employees of Sport and Youth Offices of Golestan Province

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Amir Ghanbarpour Nosrati 1
Nasser Bay 2
Akram Esfahaninia 3

1 Assistance Professor, Sport management, Department of Physical Education, University of Kashan, Kashan, Iran

2 Assistant Professor of Department of Physical Education and Sport Sceinces, Azadshahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Azadshahr, Iran

3 Assistant Professor of Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Aliabad Katool Branch, Islamic Azad University, Aliabad Katool, Iran.

https://doi.org/10.22059/jsm.2019.253108.2043
Abstract
The aim of this study was to explain the role of job autonomy and task complexity in creative behaviors of employees of Sport and Youth offices of Golestan province (N=220). 140 employees of these offices were selected as the statistical sample by simple random sampling method. To collect data, Langfred’s (2005) job autonomy, Maynard and Hakel’s (2009) task complexity and Zhou and George’s (2001) creative behaviors in workplace questionnaires were used. Face and content validity of the questionnaires were confirmed by experts and reliability coefficients of the questionnaires were determined respectively as 0.83, 0.78 and 0.79. Data were analyzed and the causal relationships of research variables were identified by structural equation modeling based on Smart PLS 2. Results showed that autonomy in job planning had a positive and significant effect on employees’ creative behaviors (t=3.31, β=0.34). The effects of autonomy in the approaches to do the job and autonomy in job evaluation on creative behaviors were not significant. Results showed that the task complexity of job had a negative and significant effect on employees’ creative behaviors (t=3.38, β= -0.38). Also, predictor variables of the study totally explained 44% of the variation of creative behaviors variable. According to these results, it is suggested that respective managers should identify the individual and organizational factors affecting the employees’ creative behaviors such as empowerment, knowledge sharing, organizational learning culture and organizational support to lay the groundwork for a creative and innovative organization in the field of sport.

Keywords

creative behaviors
Golestan
job autonomy
job evaluation
task complexity
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Sport Management Journal
Volume 12, Issue 2
Summer 2020
Pages 349-368

  • Receive Date 20 February 2018
  • Revise Date 16 May 2020
  • Accept Date 26 February 2019

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