Influence of Organisational Culture Profile Factors on Contingency Sports Management Behaviour of Staff in Oyo State Sports Council

Abstract

It is the desire of any result-oriented organisation to attain the level at which effective management behaviour is achieved among its staff members. To attain effective contingency sports management behaviour, it is important to ensure that, the organisational culture profile of such establishment is well structured. Previous studies focused on sports management, with little concentration on such management in relation to contingency behaviour and organisational culture profiles. This study therefore, examined influence of organisational culture profile on contingency sports management behaviour of staff in Oyo State Sports Council. The descriptive survey research design was used for the study. A sample of 60 respondents was used for the study. Self-developed and structured questionnaire was used for data collection. This comprised of two scales which include; Organisational Culture Profile Variables and Contingency Sports Management Behaviour Scales. The questionnaire had a reliability value of 0.71. The findings of the study revealed that, organisational culture profile variables of beliefs, values and artefacts independently had a positive and significant relationship with contingency sports management behaviour of staff in Oyo State Sports Council. Organisational culture profile variables significantly influenced contingency sports management behaviour (F (3,56) =53.287; R=.861, R2=.741, p<.05). Also, organisational beliefs and values as well as artefacts independently had significant influence on contingency sports management behaviour of staff in Oyo State Sports Council (beliefs: β=.270; values: β=.315 and artefacts: β=.283). It was concluded that, organisational beliefs and values as well as artefacts jointly and independently had significant influence on contingency sports management behaviour of staff in Oyo State Sports Council. Therefore, enabling environment should be provided for the staff members in order to facilitate exhibition of good contingency sports management behaviour.