The Relationship of Managers, Power Sources with Organizational Effectiveness in Youth and Sport Office of Kermanshah

The research aims to determine the relationship between managers’ source of power and organizational effectiveness in sport and youth organization of Kermanshah province. 17 managers and 126 employees participated in this research as sample. Managers answerwd the questionnaire of Hinkin and Schriesheim (1989) and the employees answered organizational effectiveness of Pownder (1999) questionnaire. Data analyzed through Pearson coefficient and regression tests. Results indicated that there was positive and significant relationship between source of power of managers, Reward power of managers, legitimate power of managers, referent power of managers and expert power of managers and organizational effectiveness and negative significant relationship between Coercive power of managers and organizational effectiveness. Coercive power, Reward power, legitimate power, referent power and expert power of managers can predict 33%organizational effectiveness.It is Concluded that Coercive power is not suggested for youth and sport office managers, but referent and expert power were efficient for organizational effectiveness.