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:: Volume 4, Issue 12 (Spring 2016) ::
3 2016, 4(12): 57-68 Back to browse issues page
An Analysis of the Relationship between Servant Leadership and Effectiveness in National Paralympic Committee
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New thoughts of management rely on effectiveness and introduce servant leadership as an asset. This study analyzed the relationship between servant leadership and effectiveness in Islamic Republic of Iran National Paralympic Committee. The research method was descriptive where the relationships were analyzed based on structural equation modeling. Statistical population included all beneficiaries of IRI National Paralympic Committee (board of directors and personnel of this committee, Federation for the Disabled and Federation for the Blind) in 2015 and cultural sport team dispatched to Paralympic Games of 2012 London. Statistical sample equaled the statistical population. Validity and reliability of Peterson (2003) Servant Leadership Questionnaire and the researcher-made Organizational Effectiveness Questionnaire were confirmed .230 questionnaires were distributed and finally 207 questionnaires were analyzed. The results showed that the parameter values related to (t) implied that all relationships were significant assumptions. In the study model, all variables had path coefficients > 0.4 which showed the considerable effect of servant leadership dimensions on organizational effectiveness. The results showed a strong relationship between servant leadership and organization effectiveness.

Keywords: altruism, National Paralympic Committee, organizational effectiveness, servant leader, service, trust, vision
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