Conceptual Model of Perceived Organizational Bullying and Burnout with the Mediating Role of organizational Maturity and Freedom of Expression in Staff of the Ministry of Sport and Youth

Subject Areas : Sport Sciences Quarterly

jalal  shamlo ¹ (دانشجوی دکتری مدیریت ورزشی، واحد علوم تحقیقات، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، تهران، ایران)
alimohammad  safaniya ² (استاد مدیریت ورزشی، واحد علوم تحقیقات، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، تهران، ایران)
salahedin  naghshbandi ³ (استادیار مدیریت ورزشی، واحد علوم تحقیقات، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، تهران، ایران)

Received: 2024-02-10 Accepted : 2024-02-10 Published : 2023-06-22

Keywords: burnout, organizational maturity, Freedom of Speech, Perceived organizational bullying, staff of the Ministry of Sports and Youth,

Abstract :

 The purpose of this study was to examine the conceptual model of perceived organizational bullying and burnout with the role of mediating organizational maturity and freedom of expression in the staff of the Ministry of Sports and Youth. in terms of nature and method, this research is applied research with descriptive-correlation method that data collection was done in the field. The statistical population of this study is all staff of the Ministry of Sports and Youth (N = 800). Measuring instruments were organizational maturity, burnout, organizational bullying, and freedom of expression questionnaires. The face and content validity of the questionnaires was confirmed by 11 faculty members. The reliability of the questionnaires was confirmed by Cronbach's alpha coefficient. One-sample t-test, and structural equation modeling were performed for statistical analysis. The results showed that freedom of expression (2.45) in inappropriate status, organizational maturity (3.11) at a moderate level, burnout (3.30), and perceived organizational bullying (3.51) in the Ministry of Sport and Youth are significantly above average. Moreover, there is a positive and significant correlation between perceived organizational bullying and burnout (r = 0.57), a reverse and significant relationship between perceived organizational bullying and expression (r = -0.42) and organizational maturation (r=-0.30) among the staff of the Ministry of Sports and Youth (sig = 0/01). As a result, two variables of organizational maturity and freedom of expression have reciprocal and significant effects on the relationship between perceived organizational bullying and burnout.