INVESTIGATING ORGANISATION COMMITMENT AND ORGANISATIONAL STRESS BEHAVIOUR IN DISABLED (PARALYMPIC) ATHLETES

Year 2018, Volume: 13 Issue: 3, 23 - 35, 16.07.2018

Burçak Keskin , Suzan Dal Cemile Nihal Yurtseven , Burcu Kaplan

Abstract

     The aim of this study is to investigate the organizational stress and organisational commitments levels of disabled (Paralympic) sports players, whether demographic properties affect organizational commitment and organizational stress, and the relationship between organizational commitment and organizational stress. In this study, surveys were given to Turkish sports players who participated in the 2016 Rio Paralympics Games, from which the study sample was constructed. Frequency, Mann Whitney U, Kruskal Wallis, and Pearson correlation tests were used to analysis the data. The results of the analysis indicated that organisational stress and organisational commitment of physically disabled (Paralympic) athlete players were at moderate levels, there was no significant difference in organisational commitments and organisational stress levels in terms of demographical properties, and there was no significant relationship between organisational stress and organisational commitment.

Keywords

Organizational Stress, Organisation Commitment Paralympic, Games

INVESTIGATING ORGANISATION COMMITMENT AND ORGANISATIONAL STRESS BEHAVIOUR IN DISABLED (PARALYMPIC) ATHLETES

Abstract

     The aim of this study is to investigate the organizational
stress and organisational commitments levels of disabled (Paralympic) sports
players, whether demographic properties affect organizational commitment and
organizational stress, and the relationship between organizational commitment
and organizational stress. In this study, surveys were given to Turkish sports
players who participated in the 2016 Rio Paralympics Games, from which the
study sample was constructed. Frequency, Mann Whitney U, Kruskal Wallis, and
Pearson correlation tests were used to analysis the data. The results of the
analysis indicated that organisational stress and organisational commitment of
physically disabled (Paralympic) athlete players were at moderate levels, there
was no significant difference in organisational commitments and organisational
stress levels in terms of demographical properties, and there was no
significant relationship between organisational stress and organisational
commitment.

Keywords

Organizational Stress, Paralympic, Games, Organisation Commitment, Games

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