Injuries of Organizational Anti-Citizenship Behaviors on Sports Boards Based on Bad Apple Syndrome

The purpose of this study was to investigate the harms of organizational anti-citizenship behaviors on sports teams based on the bad apple syndrome.

The statistical population of the study included all members of the sports boards in Lorestan province. Using Cochran's formula, a sample of 384 people was selected through random sampling. The research instrument used was a researcher-made questionnaire. The formal validity and content of the study were confirmed by surveying professors and experts (11 people), who carefully examined the literature. Additionally, other internal consistency indicators such as Composite reliability (CR), Average variance extracted (AVE), Maximum shared variance (MSV), and Average shared variance (ASV) were reviewed and confirmed. Descriptive statistics (mean, standard deviation) and inferential statistics (Pearson correlation coefficient, exploratory factor analysis, and second-order confirmatory factor analysis) were used to analyze the data.

The results showed that the most important injuries caused by organizational anti-citizenship behaviors on sports boards included non-conventional conflict (0.90), distress (0.86), non-normative commitment (0.84), institutional isomorphism (0.80), lack of motivation (0.76), and damage to organizational communication (-0.06).

Overall, it can be concluded that most sports boards do not have a clear and effective strategy for managing the bad apple syndrome.