THE RELATION BETWEEN ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE AND PARTICIPATIVE MANAGEMENT AMONG THE EMPLOYEES OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION ORGANIZATION

The study was conducted to examine the relationship between organizational structure and participative management among the employees of sport organization in Islamic Republic of Iran. The study community consists of employees of physical education organization, and hence, 116 employees participated in this research. To collect research data, Robin’s organizational structure standardized questionnaire and participative management questionnaire derived from Nazari Kemishani were used, which were reviewed by experts. After collecting data, Pearson correlation test was used. Based on the results of this research, it can be said that organizational structure is one of the effective factors on participative management, therefore by considering the importance of participative management in physical education organization, we must provide an appropriate structure and environment to bring up new ideas in order to help the development of national sports level in various dimensions.

Keywords: Participative Management, Organizational Structure, Employees