Examination of organizational commitment levels of physical education and sports teachers according to various variables (case study of Kutahya province)

This study was conducted to examine the organizational commitment of the physical education and sports teachers, working in the center of Kutahya Province of Turkey, on the basis of their socio-demographic characteristics. One-hundred-and-twenty-six (126) physical education and sports teachers volun...

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Main Author: Halil Bısgın
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Selcuk University Press 2014-10-01
Series:Türk Spor ve Egzersiz Dergisi
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Online Access:https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/200730
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description This study was conducted to examine the organizational commitment of the physical education and sports teachers, working in the center of Kutahya Province of Turkey, on the basis of their socio-demographic characteristics. One-hundred-and-twenty-six (126) physical education and sports teachers voluntarily participated in the study. Turkish version of the Organizational Commitment Scale developed by Allen and Meyer (1991) was used in this study for data collection. In order to set significant differences (α=0.05) in the scope of the study, non-parametric statistical tests of Mann-Whitney U and Kruskall-Wallis tests were conducted according to the results of normality test. In conclusion while affective commitment of the participants' was found to be the highest continuance commitment was found to be the least. Also significant differences emerged between participants' organizational commitment sub dimensions and their gender, age, marital status and professional experience.
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spelling doaj-art-eba2cfeed8a5448ba5b1ac3899fb7a962025-02-03T03:38:46ZengSelcuk University PressTürk Spor ve Egzersiz Dergisi2147-56522014-10-011628996154Examination of organizational commitment levels of physical education and sports teachers according to various variables (case study of Kutahya province)Halil BısgınThis study was conducted to examine the organizational commitment of the physical education and sports teachers, working in the center of Kutahya Province of Turkey, on the basis of their socio-demographic characteristics. One-hundred-and-twenty-six (126) physical education and sports teachers voluntarily participated in the study. Turkish version of the Organizational Commitment Scale developed by Allen and Meyer (1991) was used in this study for data collection. In order to set significant differences (α=0.05) in the scope of the study, non-parametric statistical tests of Mann-Whitney U and Kruskall-Wallis tests were conducted according to the results of normality test. In conclusion while affective commitment of the participants' was found to be the highest continuance commitment was found to be the least. Also significant differences emerged between participants' organizational commitment sub dimensions and their gender, age, marital status and professional experience.https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/200730organizational commitment; physical education and sports teachers; sports
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Examination of organizational commitment levels of physical education and sports teachers according to various variables (case study of Kutahya province)
Türk Spor ve Egzersiz Dergisi
organizational commitment; physical education and sports teachers; sports
title Examination of organizational commitment levels of physical education and sports teachers according to various variables (case study of Kutahya province)
title_full Examination of organizational commitment levels of physical education and sports teachers according to various variables (case study of Kutahya province)
title_fullStr Examination of organizational commitment levels of physical education and sports teachers according to various variables (case study of Kutahya province)
title_full_unstemmed Examination of organizational commitment levels of physical education and sports teachers according to various variables (case study of Kutahya province)
title_short Examination of organizational commitment levels of physical education and sports teachers according to various variables (case study of Kutahya province)
title_sort examination of organizational commitment levels of physical education and sports teachers according to various variables case study of kutahya province
topic organizational commitment; physical education and sports teachers; sports
url https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/200730
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