Investigating the quality of friendly relations in sports organizations (Case Study: Youth and Sports General Directorate of Khorasan Razavi)

This study was conducted to investigate the quality of friendly relation between manager - employee in Youth and Sports General Directorate in Khorasan Razavi Province. This research is a descriptive-survey type of study that follows case studies. Population of study included all employees working in Youth and Sports General Directorate in Khorasan Razavi in 2016 (n=98). Population was considered to be equal with the sample of study. To collect data, the adjusted scale of Shajie et al (2015) was used. To analyze the data, t single sample, t-student, ANOVA, post hoc, and Friedman tests were used. Results of the study showed the desired situation of subscales of self-protection, honesty and intimacy and conflict, and undesired situation of subscale of resolving the conflict. The results of the analysis showed that human capitals working in the General Directorate are satisfied with the quality of the friendly relation between manager and themselves. this satisfaction is not equal in all sub-branches and creating changes in the process of resolving the conflicts in organization seems to be necessary. paying attention to subjects such as increased support of employees and honesty in dealing with them is very important. It was also found that gender and marital status are factors that have no impact on the relation between manager and employee, while education level and employment type of employees are effective factors in this regard, which special attention should be paid to this relation in order to maintain the status quo and to achieve better status.