Designing Organizational Effectiveness Model of Selected Iraq's Sporting Federations Based on Competing Values Framework
Journal Title: Choregia - Year 2013, Vol 9, Issue 1
Abstract
The aim of the present study was designing effectiveness model of selected Iraq sport federations based on competing values framework. Statistical society of present study included 221 subjects ranging from chairmen, expert staffs, national adolescent athletes, and national referees. 180 subjects (81.4 percent) answered standard questionnaire of Eydi et al (2011) with five Likert values scale. Content and face validity of this tool was confirmed by 12 academic professors and its reliability was validated by Cronbach's alpha (r = 0.97). Results of Structural Equation Model (SEM) based on path analysis method showed that factors of expert human resources (0.88), organizational interaction (0.88), productivity (0.87), employees' cohesion (0.84), planning (0.84), organizational stability (0.81), flexibility (0.78), and organizational resources (0.74) had the most effects on organizational effectiveness. Also, findings of factor analysis showed that patterns of internal procedures and rational goals were main patterns of competing values framework and determinants of organizational effectiveness in Iraq's selected sport federations. Moreover, federations of football, track and field, weightlifting, and basketball had the highest mean of organizational effectiveness, respectively. Hence, Iraq sport federations mainly focused on organizational control, and internal attention as index of OE.
Authors and Affiliations
Ako Ibrahim| Department of Physical Education, Guilan University, Rasht, Iran, Mehrali Hamatineghad| Department of Physical Education, Guilan University, Rasht, Iran, Rahim Ramezanineghad| Department of Physical Education, Guilan University, Rasht, Iran, Hossein Eydi| Department of Sport Management, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran
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