Document Type : Research Paper
Authors
Assistant Professor of Sport Management PNU Alborz Province
Abstract
Studying status determination of the employees’ organizational spirituality capabilities in general administration of sport and youth in Kerman province. The present study is descriptive and of applied type. The universe includes employees working in general administrative of sport and youth in Kerman province during 2015 (N=62). All employees selected as the sample considering limited universe. Data collected through infield method and by means of 17-question questionnaire of organizational spirituality. This questionnaire applied by Rigo and Kanha (2008) and validity and reliability of the questionnaire confirmed through research project in 2012 in Iran. Reliability coefficient of the questionnaire obtained as (α=0.89). The obtained data analyzed by Kolmogorov–Smirnov test, One-Sample t-test, independent t and Manova. The research results showed that there is a significant difference between observed/assumed averages and organizational spirituality capabilities (t=2.11, P0.05). Considering the employees’ spirituality in youth and sport departments is of important issues that might be resulted in efficiency. The status of organizational spirituality capabilities in the research sample is a little better than the assumed status.
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