Analysing the correlations between sports provincial representatives levels of organisational commitment and job satisfaction

Abstract

Aim: This study aims to analyse the correlations between sports provincial representatives’ organisational commitment and job satisfaction. Methods: The study, which was conducted by using Minnesota job satisfaction scale, reached 84 volunteering athletes who were the provincial representatives in Çanakkale and Balıkesir and 19 of whom were female and 65 of whom were male. The data collected were analysed on the SPSS programme. Descriptive statistics were used for the demographic variables. The validity and reliability tests were done for the scales used. The kurtosis and skewness values were tested in analysing the distribution of the data and the data were regarded to have normal distribution. Results: It was found on comparing the Çanakkale and Balıkesir provincial sports representatives’ average scores for organisational commitment and job satisfaction that there were statistically significant differences between the athletes in the external satisfaction sub-factor of job satisfaction and in the attendance commitment sub-factor of organisational commitment. Accordingly, the sports provincial representatives in Çanakkale were found to have higher score averages than the ones in Balıkesir. An examination of the participants in terms of their work experience, on the other hand, demonstrated that the representatives with 10 year or more experience had higher internal satisfaction and emotional commitment score averages than the ones with 7–9-year experience. Conclusion: It may be concluded that sports provincial representatives’ organisational commitment and job satisfaction increase in parallel to the increase in their work experience.