Explaining the role of managers' humor on employee creativity by examining the mediating role of positive organizational behavior (Case): Sport and Youth offices of Staff Kermanshah Province

The purpose of the present research was to explain the role of Managers Sense of Humor on Creativity Employee in Sport and Youth offices of Staff Kermanshah Regarding with the role of Positive Organizational Behavior. The population of this study included all employees of Youth and Sports offices of Kerman Province (N=228). Among them, 169 people were chosen cluster random sampling. The questionnaires of Sense of Humor (Khoshui et al, 2009), Positive Organizational Behavior (Luthans et al, 2009), and Creativity Employee (Sarmad et al, 2011) was used to collect the data, The reliability of a preliminary study on 30 subjects by using Cronbach's alpha were calculated (0/83, 0/82, 0/65). The data were analyzed by Pearson correlation, Sobel test equation and Structural Equation Modeling. Findings indicated that Managers Sense of Humor has a direct and significant impact on Positive Organizational Behavior and Creativity Employee. Also the Positive Organizational Behavior has a direct and positive impact on Creativity Employee. the results obtained imply the importance of Sense of Humor and Positive Organizational Behavior and Creativity Employee. Therefore the results suggest that experts Sport and Youth offices of Staff In order to create and strengthen the creativity of the staff, Use the programs Increase Sense of humor and positive organizational behavior.