The Mediating Role of Organizational Personality Destruction in the Relationship between Perceived Organizational Support and Job Health among the Staff of Sport and Youth Departments of Golestan Province

The objective of the research was to investigate the mediating role of organizational destruction in the relationship between perceived organizational support and job health among the staff of sports and youth departments, Golestan Province, Iran. The research was of descriptive-correlation type and it was applied in terms of target, which was performed as monitoring. The statistical population was all the staff of the General Directorate of Sports and Youth, Heads of Education, Secretaries and Vice president of the city and provincial councils of Golestan Province. The used questionnaires were as follows: i) organizational personality destruction inventory, ii) the perceived organizational support, and iii) job health (job satisfaction, emotional exhaustion, and psychological stress). Data analysis was carried out using Pearson correlation test, confirmatory factor analysis, and path analysis. According to the results, organizational support had a positive effect on job satisfaction (β=0.34) and had a negative effect on emotional exhaustion (β=-0.20) and psychological stresses (β=-0.26). Moreover, it had a positive effect on job satisfaction (β=0.16) through organizational personality destruction indirectly. Organizational support indirectly and through organizational personality destruction had a negative effect on emotional exhaustion (β=-0.15) and psychological stress (β=-0.96). In conclusion, organizational personality destruction plays a mediating role in the relationship between organizational support and employees’ occupational health. Hence, considering the perception of organizational personality destruction in organizations can have a positive effect on reducing the exhaustion and psychological stress and improve job satisfaction.