Study of the Relationship between Perceived Organization Political Behavior and Organizational Decision Making Styles of Sports Boards Directors- General of West Azarbaijan Province

Journal Title: International Research Journal of Applied and Basic Sciences - Year 2013, Vol 8, Issue 1

Abstract

Present research was conducted to examine the relationship between perceived organizational politics and decision making styles of sports boards’ directors-general of West Azarbaijan Province. It is a correlational applied descriptive-survey study. Statistical population comprised of all directors-general of sports boards of West Azarbaijan Province approximately amounting to 152. Based on statistical population distribution, simple random sampling was employed and sample size of 102 was selected based on Morgan’s table. Research instrumentsconsisted of Perceptions of Organizational Politics Scale (POPS) and Decision Making Styles Questionnaire and their validities were approved by thesis supervisor and other relevant experts and their reliabilities were calculated using SPSS and calculated Cronbach’s Alphas were respectively 0.76 and 0.70. Collected data were analyzed using descriptive statistics including mean, frequency and standard deviation. Also linear regression and Pearson’s Correlation test were used from inferential statistical field. Results from data analysis showed that decision making styles of directors-general of the studied sports boards may be predicted based on perceived organizational politics. In other words, organizational decision making is correlated with perceived organizational politics.

Authors and Affiliations

Babak Morad Zadeh| Holder of MA in Sports Management from Islamic Azad University, Sari Branch, Seyyed Ja’far Mousavi| Faculty Member of Mazandaran Science and Research University, Jamshid Sayyar Nezhad| Faculty Member of Islamic Azad University, Qaem Shahr Branch

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Babak Morad Zadeh, Seyyed Ja’far Mousavi, Jamshid Sayyar Nezhad (2013). Study of the Relationship between Perceived Organization Political Behavior and Organizational Decision Making Styles of Sports Boards Directors- General of West Azarbaijan Province. International Research Journal of Applied and Basic Sciences, 8(1), 58-65. https://www.europub.co.uk/articles/-A-6525