Abstract

The purposes of this study were to analyze the relationships among perceived job characteristics, job satisfaction and turnover intention of sport managers and thus provide fundamental information that is conducive to facilitating the establishment of job redesign and personnel management strategies for sport organizations. In order to accomplish such study purposes, this study utilized a survey method with a total of 300 sport managers who were employed from 5 different types of sport organizations. The survey questionnaire consisted of 4 dimensions including subject`s general information, job characteristics(Hackman & Oldman, 1980), job satisfaction(Goo, 2003) and turnover intention(Jeong, 2001). Valid 258 questionnaires were finally analyzed through SPSS 14.0 using descriptive statistics, correlation analysis, exploratory factor analysis and multiple and simple regression analysis. Then following findings were derived from aforementioned research. First, job characteristics had significant effects on job satisfaction of sport managers and among 5 sub factors, task significance, task identity and feedback factors had significant effects on job satisfaction. Second, job characteristics had significant negative effects on turnover intention and task significance, skill variety and feedback factors had significant effects on turnover intention in this study. Third, job satisfaction had a significant negative effect on turnover intention of sport managers. In conclusion, the relationships among study variables were verified in the field of sport industries and organizations and suggestions were provided to help establish personnel management for sport organizations and conduct studies related to sport managers` job characteristics.

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