Investigation of Leisure Time Motivation of Academic and Administrative Staff Who does and does not participate in Sports Recreation Activities in Sports Facilities of the University

Abstract

The aim of this study is to examine the leisure motivations of academic and administrative staff which have certain education level and regular income, and does or does not participate in sportive recreation activities in sports facilities owned by universities. The universe of the study consists of academic and administrative staff working at Recep Tayyip Erdogan University in Rize. The sample group of the study consists of 318 randomly sampled and willingly participated personnel (Xage=34.27 ± 5.84), 176 academic and 142 administrative personnel of Rize Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University. Personal information form and Leisure Motivation Scale were used as data collection tools. Descriptive statistics, frequency and percentage distributions were made to determine the general characteristics of the data. Mann Whitney U test was used for pair comparisons and Kruskal Wallis-H test was used for group comparisons of 3 and above. Pairwise Comparisons were used to determine whether there was any significant difference between the groups following the Kruskal-Wallis-H test. According to the results of the analysis, no significant difference was found in the leisure motivation of the participants in terms of gender and total working years in civil service however significant differences were found in terms of marital status, job status, income, level of knowledge about sportive recreation field, utilization of sportive recreation areas, leisure time evaluation levels and weekly leisure time periods variables.