The effect of Political Intelligence on Choice of Conflict Management Styles(A Case Study; Sports Federations)

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of political intelligence on the selection of conflict management styles among managers of Iranian sports federations. This research is based on the purpose of applied research and in terms of collecting data, a descriptive research was a correlation based on structural equations. The statistical population of the study includes 584 highs, middle and operational managers of sports federations of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Using random sampling method and Morgan formula, the sample size was estimated to be 232 people. In order to measure the variables, the Dostar and et al questionnaire (2016) and Robbins Conflict Management Style Questionnaire (1993) were used. The validity of the questionnaires was confirmed by a survey of 13 sports management professors and its reliability was respectively 0.89 and 0.83 in a preliminary study through Cronbach's alpha. The findings of the study through structural equation modeling with partial least squares (PLS-SEM) approach showed that the political intelligence of managers effect on cooperative, compromise and agreement conflict management style. Managers with a high level of the political intelligence usually use cooperative, compromise and agreement conflict styles. As a result, managers with high political intelligence will select the positive styles of the conflict management, which it will make the organization more effective.