Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between management style perceptions and motivation levels of the employees working in provincial organizations of the General Directorate of Sports. The population of the study included the employees carrying on their duties in Provincial Organizations of The General Directorate of Sports, and the sample included totally 407 employees with 112 females and 295 males working in fourteen provinces selected from seven geographical regions of Turkey with a population density representing Turkey. “Management Style Scale” and “Motivation Scale” were used in the study. The “Management Style Scale” (MSS) developed by the researcher included the components and subscales as “authoritarian management style”, “protective management style”, “supportive management style”, “collaborative management style”, “laissez-faire management style”, and “intrinsic” and “extrinsic” motivation styles developed by Mottaz (1985). T-Test and One-Way Variance Analysis (ANOVA) were used for the analysis of the obtained data. As result, a significant and positive relationship was found between intrinsic motivation and management style sub-dimensions. In addition, a significant and positive relationship was also determined between the dimensions of extrinsic motivation and authoritarian management style and laissez-faire management style.
Highlights
The rapid changes experienced in any areas of life have influenced the organizations in various ways; and globalization, destructive competition, rapid developments in computer and communication technology, transition to the information society and considering people as a competitive element have recently shaped the business world and necessitated constant change of organizations (Peker & Aytürk, 2000)
The statistical findings were determined in order to specify the relationship between the motivation levels and management style perceptions of the employees working in the provincial organization of the General Directorate of Sports
When the management style perceptions of the employees working in the provincial organization of the General Directorate of Sports were evaluated according to gender; it was determined that whereas there was no significant difference in the dimensions of authoritarian, protective, supportive and collaborative management styles, the significant difference was found in the dimension of laissez-faire management style in favor of the male employees (Table 1)
Summary
The rapid changes experienced in any areas of life have influenced the organizations in various ways; and globalization, destructive competition, rapid developments in computer and communication technology, transition to the information society and considering people as a competitive element have recently shaped the business world and necessitated constant change of organizations (Peker & Aytürk, 2000). These rapid changes have appeared in the phenomenon of sports as an inevitable part of the society and indicator of the society’s welfare and culture levels, and sport has recently become a branch of science and industry (İmamoğlu, 1992). Management style of a manager acquires quality according to his/her attitudes maintained for motivating employees and using the power and attitudes’ being towards the organization or employees (Başaran, 1982)
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