Presentation of the effect of organizational pessimism and political behavior on organizational health of the staff of the Ministry of Sports and Youth

The purpose of this study was to provide a model of the effect of organizational pessimism and political behavior on organizational health of the staff of the Ministry of Sports and Youth. 120 employees of the Sports and Youth Department were chosen simple randomly method for research sample. Organizational health (Hoy and Feldman, 1996), organizational pessimism (Dean et al, 1998), and political behaviors (Dubrin, 1987) questionnaires were used. Validity of the questionnaires was confirmed by the experts and their reliability were studied in a pilot study with 30 subjects and calculated as 0.88, 0.82 and 0.87 respectively. Analysis of the data done by using Pearson correlation coefficient and structural equation modeling through SPSS 22 and AMOS softwares. The dimensions of organizational pessimism and the overall level of organizational pessimism had a negative but poorly with organizational health dimensions as well as a general level of organizational health. There is a negative and significant relationship between the dimensions of political behaviors and the overall level of political behavior and overall level of organizational health. the conceptual model of organizational pessimism, political behaviors, and organizational health is a suitable model, because based on the findings of this study, organizational pessimism and political behaviors have a direct and negative effect on employees' organizational health Sports and Youth Department. That all managers of the Sports and Youth Office should be able to improve their organizational health by controlling and managing their political behaviors and reducing the pessimism of employees in the organization.