Özet:

This study was conducted with the aim of examining the relationship between the emotional intelligence and organizational commitment of the female volleyball team players in terms of some variables. The group of participants of this study is made up of 104 women athletes playing in Galatasaray, Beşiktaş, Eczacıbaşı, Fakıfbank and Fenerbahçe sports club in the Turkish sultan league between the ages of 16-32.       This research, in addition to the demographic information of voleybolists, was used as a data collection tool as well as the “Emotional Intelligence Scale” and the “Organizational Responsibility Scale”. The data analysis calculates the frequency(s) and percentage(%) values. The study also conducted independent T-tests, Varyans analysis and correlation (r statistics) tests in order to find the difference between the variables. The meaning levels of the study were considered p< 0.05 and p< 0.01. The study found significant differences between the emotional commitment, which is the sub-subject of the organizational commitment of wage adequacy. There were also significant differences in the correlation results between the emotional intelligence of the volley players and the organizational commitment conditions. However, there have been significant differences in the correlation between the age related to demographic information, the year in which he plays, the year in which he plays in the club and the educational status of the athletes related to the state of emotional intelligence and organizational commitment. The general results of this study are expected to be a guide to the technical and administrative teams that lead professional women’s volley teams, including the Turkish Volleyball Federation, in doing work that enhances the level of emotional intelligence and organizational commitment of volley players.

Özet:

This study was conducted to examine the relationship between the emotional intelligence and the organizational devotion of women volleyball team players with regards to some variables. The participants of this study are 104 sportswomen who are currently playing in the teams Fenerbahçe, Galatasaray, Vakıfbank, Eczacıbaşı, Beşiktaş and whose ages range from 16 and 32. This study was used as a medium to collect some data about volleyball players‟ emotional intelligence and organizational devotion as well as their demographic status. Frequency and percentage rates were calculated during the process of analyzing the data. Furthermore, independent t-test, variance analysis and correlation tests were implemented in this research with the aim of finding a difference between the variables. p< 0.05 and p< 0,01 was considered as this research‟s reliability scale. The results of this study shows that negative correlation between the emotional intelligence and the emotional devotion of the volleyball players. Moreover, the negative correlation between the demographic status of the platers which includes their age, the amount of time they spent playing volleyball, the amount of time they spent playing in their current team, their educational status and their emotional intelligence and organizational devotion brought about a substantial difference. It is expected that this research will be a guide especially for Turkish Volleyball Federation and for technical and administrative teams that are responsible for managing professional woman volleyball teams to work more on the practices that increase the level of volleyball players‟ emotional intelligence and organizational devotion.

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