Improving of Employees Flourishing and Innovative Work Behavior through Leadership Style and Ethics in the Organization; Case study: General Department of Sports and Youth of Fars Province

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Assistant professor, Department of Public Administration, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran

2 Assistant professor, Department of Sport Management, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran

3 MSc. , Department of Public Administration, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran

10.22098/rsmm.2024.14004.1292

Abstract

Purpose: The present research was conducted with the purpose of improving of employees flourishing and innovative work behavior through leadership style and ethics in the organization that was done in the General Department of Sports and Youth of Fars province. Method: The current research was practical in terms of its aim and descriptive-survey in terms of data collection. The statistical population of the present study was all the employees of the General Department of Sports and Youth of Fars province (150 people); that sample size of 130 people was selected through available sampling. The data collection tool in this research was standard questionnaires and analysis method used in this research was the structural equation modeling technique. Results: The findings of the research showed that the empowering leadership and spirituality at workplace had a positive and significant effect on innovative work behavior both directly and through the mediating variable of employee flourishing; Also, the effect of employee flourishing on innovative work behavior confirmed. Finally, it was found that satisfaction at workplace had a moderating role in the relationship between spirituality at workplace and innovative work behavior. Conclusion: The results of the research showed that the factor of leadership style and the factor of spirituality at workplace were among the important factors that influence the innovative work behavior of employees. According to social exchange theory, fair treatment and support of an empowering leadership from followers encourages them to behave innovatively at workplace.

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