Investigating the Effect of Managers Political Behaviors on Employees Deviant Behaviors

Political behaviors are profit-making nature and the appearance of such behaviors in the organization will create a disruptive and destructive work environment and have increasingly negative effects on the organization. One of the most important consequences of managers 'political behaviors is employees' negative reactions that lead to increased organizational costs (chen et al, 2017).

This research is based on purpose was applied research and based on the nature of the method was descriptive-survey research. To select the research sample, using the Morgan table, 306 statistical populations were selected based on simple random sampling. The data collection tool is standard questionnaires. The content validity of the research questionnaires was confirmed by experts and the reliability was confirmed by Cronbach's alpha coefficient. LISREL software was used for data analysis.

The results showed that managers' political behaviors had a significant effect on employees' deviant behaviors. And structural equation modeling by LISREL software showed that managers' favoritism (0.84), managers' forming a coalition (0.80), managers 'willingness to control (0.73), and managers' inattention (0.78) on behaviors Staff deviation has a direct, positive, and significant impact.

Managers' political behaviors have unpleasant and negative consequences for the organizations which lead to the reduction of their employees' productivity, dismissal, impatience and so on. Therefore, to avoid political behaviors in the organization, managers must formulate ethical principles and requirements in a clear and precise manner.