Explaining the Effect of Absorption Capacity, Organizational Governance and Social Undermining on Innovative Behavior the employees of Ministry of Sports and Youth in IRAN.

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1 رئیس دانشکده تربیت بدنی و علوم ورزشی دانشگاه ارومیه

2 Assistant Professor in Sport Management Razi University

3 Urmia University

Abstract

The purpose of this study was explaining the Effect of Absorption Capacity, Organizational Governance and Social Undermining on Innovative Behavior the employees of Ministry of Sports and Youth in Iran. The Research Method Was Descriptive Survey and it is one Type of Apply Research. The statistical population of the study was all experts of the Ministry of Sports and Youth (400 persons). A sample of 230 people were selected according to the Kerjesi and Morgan tables through proportional random sampling. And the class-experts (formal and contractual) - and managers (department managers, deputies, and group presidents). For Data Collection we used to Questionnaire. Convergent validity (first-order confirmatory factor analysis) was used to confirm the validity of questionnaires. In order to determine the reliability of the questionnaires, Cronbach's alpha was used, its value for the absorption capacity questionnaire 0.93 , for the organizational governance questionnaire 0.98 , for the social undermining questionnaire 0.94 and for the innovative behavior questionnaire 0.91. In this research, Kolmogorov-Smirnov test was used to analyze the data for the normal distribution of data and the structural equation modeling and path analysis using the software SPSS version 88 and AMOS version 24 were used. The Results of the research showed a Significant and Positive Relationship between Absorptive Capacity with Innovative Behaviour. There is Very weak positive effect between organizational governance with innovative behavior. There is a Significant and negative Relationship between Social Undermining with Innovative Behaviour.

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