Samira Feizi; Amir Montazeri; Reza Andam; Mehrzad Hamidi
Volume 6, Issue 1 , August 2017, , Pages 11-20
Abstract
The Purpose of this study was to assess the relationship between cultural intelligence and achievement motivation of sport event volunteers. The applied method in this research was descriptive – correlation. The statistical population consisted of Sport Volunteers at the 11th Iranian Universities ...
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The Purpose of this study was to assess the relationship between cultural intelligence and achievement motivation of sport event volunteers. The applied method in this research was descriptive – correlation. The statistical population consisted of Sport Volunteers at the 11th Iranian Universities Sport Olympiad in summer 2012. Because of low statistical population it was considered as the sample population (n=N). The research Instruments was the “cultural intelligence questionnaire” (CCI, 2005) comprised 20 items and “achievement motivation questionnaire” (McClelland) composed of 11 items. The content and face validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by university experts panel. Cronbach’s alpha coefficient was used to test the reliability of the questionnaires in pilot study. The reliability of cultural intelligence questionnaire and achievement motivation questionnaire was 0.72 and 0.74 respectively. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze data. The research hypotheses were analyzed through regression with stepwise method. The result of regression analysis showed that metacognitive CI and motivational CI was explaining %24 variance of achievement motivation (F (2,117) = 19.39, p ˂ 0.001; R² = 0.249). The results of this study can create good vision about the importance of developing cultural intelligence and achievement motivation for voluntary affairs managers.
