Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Assistant Professor, Department of Public Management, Kerman Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kerman, Iran

2 Ph.D. Student, Department of Public Management, Kerman Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kerman, Iran

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigating the relationship between decision making styles of management and organizational health  with mediating role of deviant behavior of  staff . The population consist of 187 staff. The researcher obtained the data for the study from a sample of the 125 staff of ministry of transportation were selected. A data collection instrument is included demographic questionnaire, questionnaire of decision management, organizational health, and deviant behavior. Data analysis included descriptive statistics, model of structural relations with Lisrel software (version 8.5). The results of this study show the, there is a significant relationship between decision making styles of management and organizational health  with mediating role of deviant behavior of  staff. According the results, there is not relationship between decision making styles of management and organizational health.

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