Predicting Career Success of Ministry of Sport and Youth Personnel Based on Self-Esteem, Stress, and the Mediating Role of Flattery

This study aimed to assess the mediating role of flattery in the relationship between self-esteem and stress and job success from the point of view of the Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs experts. It is an applied research in terms of purpose classification of researches, it is descriptive-non-experimental in terms of data collection, and has been the case study among all types of descriptive research methods. The statistical population of the study consists of 550 staff and experts of the Ministry of Sport and Youth. Using Cochran formula, 221 individuals are selected as statistical sample. The sampling method was random sampling. The demographic data of the experts were first evaluated and after confirming the validity and reliability of the questionnaire, the relationship between self-esteem and stress with job success was analyzed by considering the mediating role of flattery in structural equation modeling. Data were analyzed using SPSS and LISREL statistical software. The results of the study showed that the mediating role of flattery in the relationship between self-esteem and job success was rejected and the relationship between stress and job success was confirmed.