In collaboration with Payame Noor University and Scientific Association of Sports Management of Iran

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Ph.D. of Sport Management, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran.

2 Professor, Department of Sport Management, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran.

3 Assistant Professor, Department of Sport Management, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran

Abstract

The purpose of this study was the effect of organizational governance on employees innovative behavior in ministry of sports and youth of iran with role modertor trust orgonazition. The research method was descriptive survey and it is one type of apply research. The statistical population included all employees the ministry of sports and youth that their number was 400 people through proportional stratified random sampling, and 230 people were selected as statistical sample. For data collection we used to three questionnaires of innovative behaviour scott and bruce (1994), organizational governance hatamleh (2017), and orgonazition trust paliszkiewicz (2010). For data analyze, we used to structural equation modeling (SEM) and path analysis by the amos24 software. The results of the research showed that there is a positive relationship between organizational governance and innovative behavior. Also, the role of organizational trust moderating variable in the relationship between the dimensions of organizational governance and innovative behavior is confirmed. Therefore, managers of sports organizations, along with the necessary steps to improve organizational governance indicators, should try to make changes in the structure, processes, culture, technology and their strategies, strengthen trust in the organizational space and provide stakeholders with trust in the organization, to cause the updated their employees' innovative behavior.

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    • Adibpour, M. R; Daneshvar Dilami, M. R; Dhghanian, H. (2016). “The Effect of Individual Perceived Fit on Innovative Work Behaviors and Job Performance by Trusting Intermediaries in Creating Innovation”. Scientific-Research Series of Management of Governmental Organizations, Volume 4, Issue 3,116-103. (In Persian)
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    • Australian Sports Commission. (2012). “Sports Governance Principles”. Retrieved November 26, from http://www.ausport.gov.au.
    • Ayrikyan, A. & Mohammed, Z. H. (2012). “Creating an Innovation Ecosystem: Governance and the Growth of Knowledge Economies, Boston University”. Pardee Center Research Report.
    • Baccara, M. and Razin, R. (2006). “Curb Your Innovation: On the Relationship Between Innovation and Governance Structure”. This version: March.
    • Balboni, B; Marchi, G; Vignola, M. (2017). “The Moderating Affect of Trust on Formal Control Mechanisms in International Alliances”. European Academy of Management, DOI: 10.1111/emre.12150.
    • Carol, H. (2006). “Global Administrative Law: The Quest for Principles and Values”. The European Journal of International Law; 17(1): 187-214.
    • Chang, H. T; Chou, Y. J; Liou, J. W; & Tu, Y. T. (2016). “The effects of perfectionism on innovative behavior and job burnout: Team workplace friendship as a moderator”. Personality and Individual Differences; 96, 260-265.
    • Chappelet, J; Kübler-Mabbott, B. (2008). “The International Olympic Committee and the Olympic System: The governance of world sport. Abingdon: Routledge Global Institutions the CUNY Graduate Center”. New York; pp: 177-181.
    • Chelladurai, P; Haggerty, T. R; Campbell, L; Wall, S. (1981). “A factor analytic study of effectiveness criteria in intercollegiate athletics”. Canadian Journal of Applied Sport Science; 6(1): 81-86.
    • Chuan Yu, M; Mai, Q; Bing Tsai, S. and Dai, Y. (2018). “An Empirical Study on the Organizational Trust, Employee-Organization Relationship and Innovative Behavior from the Integrated Perspective of Social Exchange and Organizational Sustainability”, 10, 864; DOI: 10.3390/su10030864 mdpi.com/journal/sustainability.
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    • Dolate, A; Dervishi, F; Lotfi, E. (2013). “Good governance and corruption control in Iran and other countrie”s. Journal of Law Enforcement, Ilam, Second year, seventh, autumn. (In Persian)
    • Ellonen, R., Blomqvist, K. & Puumalainen, K. (2008). “The role of trust in organizational innovativeness”. European Journal of Innovation Management, Vol. 11, No. 2, pp, 160-181.
    • Erturk, I; Froud, J; Johal, S. and Williams, K. (2004). “Corporate Governance and Disappointment”, Review of International Political Economy, 11 (4): 677-713.
    • Ferkins, L; Shilbury, D. (2010). “Developing board strategic capability in sport organizations: The national–regional governing relationship”. Sport Management Review. 13: 235–254.
    • Geeraert, A; Alm, J. & Groll, M. (2014). “Good governance in international sport organizations: an analysis of the 35 Olympic sport governing bodies”, International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics, 6:3, 281-306, DOI: 10.1080/19406940.2013.825874.
    • Hatamleh, Abdulsalam M & Salameh, Kayed M. (2017). “The Application Degree of Administrative Accountability and Organizational Governance, and the Relationship between them in the Directorates of Education in Jordan from the Viewpoint of its Administrative Leaders”. Ministry of Education, Jordan Yarmouk University, Jordan.
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    • Memarzadah Tehran, G. h; Ataei, M; Kaveh, K. (2010). “Investigating the Role of Organizational Citizenship Behavior in the Realization of Desirable Organizational Governance, 8th” International Management Conference, Tehran, Ariana Research Group. (In Persian)
    • Mousavi, S. R. (2013). “The Effect of Organizational Transparency on Organizational Trust by Explaining the Role of Organizational Climate: A Case Study of the Guidance Office of Tehran Province. Master's Thesis”. Tarbiat Modares University of Tehran. (In Persian)
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    • Paliszkiewicz, J. (2010). “Organizational trust – a critical review of the empirical research, w: Proceedings of 2010 International Conference on Technology Innovation and Industrial Management”, 16-18 June 2010 Pattaya, Thailand.
    • Parent, M. M. (2015). “The governance of the Olympic Games in Canada”. See discussions, stats, and author profiles for this publication at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/284218132.
    • Phillips, A. (2011). “What should be in a 'Good Governance Code' for European Team Sport Federations”? Master's thesis, PP: 5-20.
    • Pucetaite, R. (2014). “Stimulating organizational innovativeness through ethical leadership practices: the mediating role of organizational trust”. 19th International Scientific Conference; Economics and Managemen, Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences 156, PP, 231 – 235.
    • Saxena, S. & Saxena, R. (2015). “Impact of Job Involvement and Organizational Commitment” on Organizational Citizenship Behavior. Volume 5, Issue 1, winter 2015, Page 19-30, Int. J. Manag. Bus. Res., 5.
    • Scott, S.G; Bruce, R.A. (1994). “Determinants of Innovative Behavior: A Path Model of Individual Innovation in the Workplace”. Academy of Management Journal, Vol 37, No, (3), pp 580-607. Stable URL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/256701.
    • Shilbury, D. A; Ferkins, L. b; Smythe, L. (2013). “Sport governance encounters: Insights from lived experiences”. Sport Management Review; 16: 349–363.
    • Smith, H. (2005). “Influence of Inter- Organizational and Extra- Organizational Factors on Innovation in PSL”, Journal of Sport Management, Vol. 15, PP. 135-159.
    • Tan, H. H. & Tan, C. S. F. (2000). “Toward a differentiation of trust in supervisor and trust in organization”. Genetic, Social and General Psychology Monographs, 126(2), 241-260.
    • Transparency International Report. (2003-2011). Available at:http://cpi.transparency.org/cpi.
    • Verschuere, B. & Beddeleem, E. (2010). “Organizational Governance Features, Innovation and Performance in NPO’s: Existing Evidence and Future Research Directions”. EURAM 2010 Conference, Rome, May, See discussions, stats, and author profiles for this publication at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/265919388.
    • Williams, S. (2001). “Increasing Employee’s Creativity by Training Their Managers”. Journal of Industrial and Commercial Training, Vol.33, pp. 63-68.
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