The effects of perceived managerial support on organizational commitment: An example of professional football players
Abstract
Aim: The aim of the study was to examine the effect of the support from managers that the professional footballers perceive in their commitment to their teams.
Material and Methods: In this study, 641 professional football players were randomly participated from the professional football leagues organized by Turkish Football Federation in the season of 2015-2016. Data were collected by administrating the “Perceived Managerial Support Questionnaire” developed by Giray and Sahin (2012) and the “Organizational Commitment Questionnaire” which developed by Meyer and Allen (1997) and adapted to Turkish language by Wasti (2000) that has three subscales and 18 items. The data obtained in the study were evaluated by the Mann Withney U test, the Kruskal-Wallis test and the regression analyses as well as the percent-frequency analyses via SPSS programme.
Results: Results revealed that there was a significant relationship between the level of organizational commitment and managerial support of professional football players that they perceive from their managers. In relation to perceived managerial support of football players, there was a significant difference between the groups according to league category and educational status of football players who participated in the present study. Furthermore, there was a significant difference in the level of organizational commitment among the groups according to football players’ age, level of league, educational status and duration of professional football career.
Conclusion: According to results of this study that the professional football players’ commitment of their teams is predicted by the perceived managerial support from their managers is considered as an important conclusion. In this premise, results of the present study shed light on our understanding of the organizational management in football to be aware of football player’s expectations from their managers and provide such awareness in management for such organizations.
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Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
Sports Medicine
Journal Section
Research Article
Authors
İlhan Adiloğulları
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ÇANAKKALE ONSEKİZ MART ÜNİVERSİTESİ
0000-0002-8974-2507
Türkiye
Recep Görgülü
ULUDAĞ ÜNİVERSİTESİ, SPOR BİLİMLERİ FAKÜLTESİ
Türkiye
Hakkı Ulucan
This is me
Türkiye
Publication Date
December 26, 2017
Submission Date
August 10, 2017
Acceptance Date
December 25, 2017
Published in Issue
Year 2017 Volume: 3 Number: 4
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