النزاهة السلوكية للقائد وأثرها في الاستعداد للتغير التنظيمي: الدور الوسيط لجودة حياة العمل (بحث تحليلي لآراء عينة من الأساتذة والموظفين في كلية التربية البدنية وعلوم الرياضة جامعة كربلاء)

Sinan Aliwi Abbas; Hussein Ali Abdullah; Mohamed Hussein Nazim

doi:10.71207/ijas.v21i83.3158

Authors

Sinan Aliwi Abbas General Directorate of Education in Babylon Governorate. Iraq- Babylon.
Hussein Ali Abdullah College of Administration and Economics, Department of Accounting, University of Karbala, Iraq- Karbala
Mohamed Hussein Nazim University of Babylon, University Presidency, Iraq- Babylon.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.71207/ijas.v21i83.3158

Keywords:

Leader's behavioral integrity, employees' readiness for change, quality of work life, Faculty of Physical Education and Sports Sciences

Abstract

The aim of this study is to demonstrate the impact of the leader's behavioral integrity in increasing the readiness of employees for change by mediating the quality of work life at the level of a sample of employees in the College of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, University of Karbala. The descriptive analytical approach was used in order to reach the appropriate results and the questionnaire was used as main tool in collecting data. The research community included professors and employees of the College of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, University of Karbala. The research sample consisted of (59) employees and lecturers. The researchers relied on statistical methods (normal distribution test, descriptive statistics, and regression analysis), relying on a set of statistical programs. The research reached a set of results, including the existence of a significant impact relationship of the leader's behavioral integrity in the readiness of employees for change.

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