Study of the Effect of Organizational Agility on Organizational Health of Employees of Sports and Youth Departments in Alborz Province with the Mediating Role of Central Self-Evaluations

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of organizational agility on organizational health of employees of sports and youth departments of Alborz province with the role of mediator of central self-evaluations. The present study is a descriptive correlational study in which data were collected in the field through a questionnaire and by the field method. The statistical population of the study includes all employees of sports and youth departments of Alborz province, 215 people, of which according to the Krejci and Morgan table (1970), 136 employees of sports and youth departments of Alborz province were selected as a statistical sample by stratified relative random sampling. To collect data, organizational agility questionnaires of Zhang and Sharifi (2000), organizational health of Hui et al. (1996) and self-evaluations of Judge et al. (2003) were used. To analyze the data, correlation coefficient, multiple regression test and structural equation analysis were used. All calculations were performed using PLS and SPSS software. The results showed that organizational agility has an effect on organizational health and central self-evaluations in the sports and youth departments of Alborz province, and 13.76% of the changes in organizational health and 34.57% of the changes in central self-evaluations are explained by organizational agility. Also, central self-evaluations have an effect on organizational health in the sports and youth departments of Alborz province, and 25.40% of the changes in organizational health are explained by central self-evaluations. Also, the results of the Sobel test showed that central self-evaluations have a mediating role in the relationship between organizational transparency and organizational agility on organizational accountability and organizational health. Therefore, it is suggested that providing career growth opportunities, positive feedback, and designing a fair reward system can play an effective role in increasing employees' self-confidence and sense of worth.