Document Type : Research Paper
Authors
1 Assistant Professor of Sports Management, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
2 Ph.D. Student of Marketing and Media Sports, Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
This study aimed to construct and validate a tool to evaluate the perception of political behavior is done.The statistical population of the study consisted of all employees of the Ministry of Sports and Youth;whose number is 1171 people.In order to estimate the sample size, a sample size was used. Accordingto this, the sample size was estimated at 530 peoplepatients was assessed on the same basis.It is worth noting that this research is descriptive and is a type of correlation study. The face and content validity of the research tool was verified by a group of professors and its construct validity through exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis based on structural equation model. For data analysis software Spss, Spss Sample Powerand Amos were used.The results showed that the result of Bartlett's sprite test was at a significant level (Sig = 0.001), which means that the variables are sufficiently correlated to provide a reasonable basis for exploratory factor analysis. The results of model parameters measurements showed that the questionnaire perceived organizational politics is desirable. Finally, the fitting results of the structural model indicate that all components of "general political behaviors, success through cooperation, payment and promotion policies" confirm fit of the model. In general, the results of the research indicate that using the perceptions of political behaviors can be used to measure the characteristics of political behaviors in the Ministry of Sport and other sports organizations. Using this questionnaire can pave the way for many studies in which measurement of perceptions of political behaviors will be of great importance.
Keywords
- Credit
- Exploratory Factor Analysis
- Confirmatory Factor Analysis
- Perception of Organizational Political Behaviors
- Sports Organizations
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