The Effect of Management Styles and Managers’ Personality Features on the Psychological Health of the Employees of State Organizations and Offices in Tehran
Subject Areas : Business ManagementMahmood Haggani 1 , Habib Azizi 2 , Abdol Hossein Rasoolinezhad 3
1 - Assistant Professor and Faculty Member, Department of Educational Sciences, Islamshahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Islamshahr, Iran
2 - Faculty Member, Khodabandeh Branch, Islamic Azad University, Khodabandeh, Iran
3 - Moderator of Qayamdasht Branch of Islamic Azad University, Qayamdasht, Iran
Keywords: management styles, Managers&rsquo, Personality Features,
Abstract :
This research deals with the effect of management styles and managers’ personality features on the psychological health of employees of state organizations and offices in Tehran. The main question is if there is a meaningful relation between management styles and managers’ personality features and the psychological health of employees of state organizations and offices. The research method is a descriptive one. The research population includes all the managers of state organizations and offices in Tehran. The research samples were chosen by Morgan Chart. The questionnaires used in this research are Lotans management style, personality features (NEO) and psychological health (GHQ), which have suitable validity coefficient. Finally, the hypotheses were tested by regression multi-hypothetical statistical model. The results show that there is a positive meaningful relation between management styles and personality features like conscientiousness and pleasantness and employees’ psychological health. Also, there is a negative meaningful relation between the neurotic feature and employees’ pychological health ( α = 0.01 ).
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Arvey, R.D., M. Rotundo, Wendy. Johnson, Z. Zhang and M. McGue. (2006), the determinants of leadership role occupancy: Genetic and personality factors. The Leadership Quarterly, No. 17, 1– 20.
Borhani, H. (2000). Investigating Effective Factors on the Maintaining Good and Effective Managers Master's Thesis, Tehran: Tarbiat Moallem University, (In Persian).
Chauhan, S. S.(1991), Mental Hygiene, 2 nd, New Deth Allied Publishers Limited.
Farahani, M. N., & Karami Noori, R. (2004). Third Year Psychology of Literature and Humanities. Tehran: Publishing Company of Iran Textbooks, (In Persian).
Ghahremani; A. (2002). The Relationship between Emotional Intelligence and Gender Roles with General Health and Creativity. Master's Thesis, Tehran: Islamic Azad University, (In Persian).
Golman, D. (2000), Leadership that gets results, Harvard Business Review, 79.
Goleman, D. (1998), What makes a leader? Harvard Business Review, 93-102.
Gorgani; A. (1998). Investigating the Relationship between the Personality Traits of Educational Managers and their Job Stability in three Educational Levels of Schools in Tehran. Roudehen: Islamic Azad University, , (In Persian).
Larence; Parvin, J. (1974). Personality Psychology. Tehran: Rasa Cultural Publishing, (In Persian).