In recent years, leadership studies have been expanded and new leadership models have been presented by scholars that one of these models is toxic leadership. Contrary to positivist leadership styles, toxic leadership emphasizes the negative aspects of a leader. The popularity of the dark leadership vision has led to the development of a toxic leadership model. The present study seeks to investigate the consequences of toxic leadership with an emphasis on mediation role of unit civility. This is a applied and descriptive study and has been performed by survey method. For this purpose, a sample of 210 sports athletes in Semnan were randomly selected. Data were collected with questionnaire and analyzed using structural equation modeling in Smart-Pls software. Findings show that, toxic leadership has a significant relationship with organizational cynicism and Intention to Leave. There was a negative and significant relationship between toxic leadership, organizational trust and unit civility. In addition, the unit civility has a negative and significant relationship with organizational cynicism and Intention to Leave. Also, there was a significant relationship between unit civility and organizational trust.

This research is done with the aim of recognizing internal and external factors which are influential on exporting sportive commodities and the expansion of this export activity. From methodological point of view, this research is practical and descriptive-measureable. In qualitative method, profound interviews and in quantitative method a quantitative-reading based questionnaire is used. Statistical society of this research include the elites of sport economy. To choose a sample volume in qualitative interviews, we used the method of theoretical sampling. Due to uncertainty of the society’s volume, 384 people are picked up purposefully and by random. Analyzing the results is done by P.L.S software using structural equations. The results demonstrate that internal and external factors are influential on exporting sportive commodities with 0.526 and 0.407 impression ratios respectively. These results confirm that this structural model is adequate. On the whole and considering the findings of the research, internal influential factors on expanding the export of sportive commodities include: recognizing and reinforcement of internal factors via financial support, theoretical and technical backing, innovation in presenting services and communications, possessing strategy and external influential factors include assembling intense substructures for exporting goods, establishing commercial and political links and strategic alliance with other countries which could be influential on the export of sportive commodities.