A Structural Equation Modeling of Toxic Leadership and Organizational Trauma and Organizational Inertia Considering the Role of Social Loafing among the Ministry of Sport and Youth Staff

The study is to designe a structural equation modeling of toxic leadership and organizational trauma and organizational inertia considering the role of social loafing among the Ministry of Sport and Youth staff. This research is a kind of descriptive- correlation research and is done by Traversal- Field method through questionnaires which were collected. The statistical sample including 372 staff of Ministry of Sport and Youth of Islamic Republic of Iran were selected by Random Sampling. The measurement tools for gathering the data was Schmidt Toxic Leadership questionnaire (2008), Vee-van and Horman Organizational Trauma (2015), Hogard and et al Perceived Social Loafing (2010) and Steffi Haag Organizational Inertia (2014) that their reliability was approved respectively, α= 0/86, α= 0/94, α= 0/82 and α= 0/81 by Cronbach's alpha. The Data using Structural Equation Modeling were analyzed via Software PLS and SPSS. The results of the analysis of structural equation model showed that the model is good and acceptable. The highest path coefficient is related to the relationship between organizational trauma and organizational inertia (0/53=β، 10/53=T، 0/001=P), and the weakest is related to the relationship between toxic Leadership and social loafing. To reduce organizational inertia and social loafing in employees, it is necessary to reduce the toxic behaviors in the leaders and the organizational trauma in the staff. According to the results, it is concluded that some measures and mechanism are necessary in order to prevent the coming toxic leadership style virulent among the Ministry of Sport and Youth staff.