In collaboration with Payame Noor University and Iranian Scientific association of sport management

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Assistant Professor, Department of Sports Management, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran

2 Assistant Professor, Department of Sports Management, Payame Noor University, Iran,

3 Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology Department, Payame Noor University, Iran

4 Assistant Professor, Department of Criminal Law and Criminology, Payame Noor University, Iran,

Abstract

The research method was descriptive-correlational and applied in terms of purpose. The statistical population of the study included 320 managers and employees of the General Department of Sports and Youth of Kermanshah province. Using the available random method and based on Cochran's formula, 175 people were selected as the sample. The research tool was the use of three questionnaires: professional ethics of organizational health and social media. For data analysis, Smart PLS statistical software, structural equation model and confirmatory factor analysis method were used. In general, there is a positive and significant relationship between professional ethics on organizational health and the mediating role of social media among managers and employees of sports and youth departments in Kermanshah province. Accordingly, professional ethics on social media with a coefficient of 0.76, professional ethics on organizational health with a coefficient of 0.34 Social media has had an effect on organizational health with a coefficient of 0.41. Accordingly, professional ethics had the highest impact on social media with a path coefficient of 0.76 and professional ethics had the least impact on organizational health with a path coefficient of 0.34. Social media as a new infrastructure has created a new perspective in sports organizations. Today, due to the use of these technologies to plan, decide, guide and control in order to achieve organizational health, what plays a distinct role in achieving these goals is the professional ethics of managers and employees.

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