Effects of Teaching the magagement and leadership Skills on Sports Managers’ Knowledge Management and their Organizational Citizenship Behavior

Abstract

The present study investigates the effects of learning organizational intelligence skills on career self-efficacy, job engagement, and strategic thinking among sports managers. A quasi-experimental research method was adopted for the present study including a pretest, posttest, and follow-up stages using a group control. In this regard, 20 managers and assistants from among managers and deputies of the Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Sciences of Al-Mustansiriya Univesrsity, Iraq were selected as a sample for the purpose of this research, using the convenient method. The sample were randomly assigned into two groups, namely the experimental (10 persons) and control (10 persons) groups respectively. Afterwards, the organizational intelligence training was taught to the managers in the experimental group (8 sessions). The data collected included the 36-item job self-efficacy (Riggs & Knight, 1994), the 10-item job engagement (Kanungo, 1982), and the strategic thinking questionnaires (Jeanne Liedtka, 2008). Data were then analyzed using MANOVA and ANOVA with repeated measures tests. The study results suggest that educating sports managers on organizational intelligence had a significant effect on career self-efficacy, job engagement, and strategic thinking. Furthermore, the effects was still observable in the experimental group three months after the educational intervention.