Organizational Loyalty among Members of the Administrative Bodies of Sports Clubs for the Southern Region in Iraq

Abstract

The research problem lies in answering the following questions: - Is there organizational loyalty among the members of the administrative bodies of sports clubs for the southern region of Iraq? Also, does organizational loyalty have an effect on members of the administrative bodies of sports clubs for the southern region in Iraq?

The research aims to prepare a measure of the organizational loyalty of the members of the administrative bodies of the sports clubs of the central and southern regions, as well as to identify the impact of the organizational loyalty of the members of the administrative bodies of the sports clubs of the southern region in Iraq. Members of the administrative bodies of sports clubs for the southern region in Iraq, who number (672). Therefore, the researchers used the following tools and means: - (sources, references, interviews, personal, questionnaire form and the assistant work team), then the researchers presented the scale to the experts and specialists in the sports field as an appendix to indicate the validity of the fields and after the fields obtained a high Value value The domains of organizational loyalty (normative organizational loyalty, emotional organizational loyalty, and continuous loyalty) were adopted, and then scientific transactions were conducted on the scale of validity, reliability and objectivity. After completing all the requirements for designing the scale and their procedures, they are ready for application, as the organizational loyalty scale consists of (27) items distributed over three axes. The third axis (continuous loyalty) consists of (9) items. The highest degree for answering the statement was represented by five degrees, and the lowest degree for the answer was one degree, so that we have the highest degree that can be obtained on the scale is (135) degrees, while the lowest degree that can be obtained on the scale is (27) degrees.

The researchers concluded the following: - Preparing the organizational loyalty scale and applying it to members of the administrative bodies of sports clubs in the southern region of Iraq. And the effectiveness of the measure of organizational loyalty by applying the measure to the members of the administrative bodies of sports clubs in the southern region of Iraq. The results also showed the existence of a significant correlation between the areas of organizational loyalty (emotional, normative, and continuous) for members of the administrative bodies of sports clubs in the southern region of Iraq.

The researchers recommended: Adopting the organizational loyalty scale in forums and other sports institutions because of its successful role in revealing the loyalty of all their employees. Maintaining the level of organizational loyalty for members of sports clubs and enhancing their experience over other sports institutions and forums, as well as the possibility of developing the loyalty of all employees in various sports institutions.