Empowering leadership of directors of sports and school activity departments in Baghdad Governorate and its impact on organizational control from the point of view of its employees

• Published in: Tarbiyat al-riyāḍiyyat (Online) Vol. 36; no. 2; pp. 317 - 335
• Main Author: Ahmed, Ali Abdulqader
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Arabic
• Published: College of Physical Education and Sport Sciences 28-06-2024
• Subjects: Empowerment Leadership; Organizational Control; Sports and School Activity Sections
• ISSN: 2073-6452; 2707-5729
• DOI: 10.37359/JOPE.V36(2)2024.2018

Leadership of organizations is one of the most important factors influencing their success and sustainability, which includes managers assuming responsibility for directing and managing human and material resources, defining the vision and mission, and developing the necessary strategies to achieve their goals. It also includes organizing and motivating teams and making critical decisions. As well as supervising administrative processes and activities. Daily and ensure its effective operation, the research aimed to determine the extent to which directors of sports and school activity departments in Iraq apply empowering leadership, and determine the level of organizational control in sports and school activity departments in Iraq from the point of view of their employees, as well as determining the nature of the relationship. The impact of the empowering leadership of the directors of sports and school activity departments on their organizational control. In order to collect data, the researcher used the descriptive method using the survey method and the correlational method. The research community was determined by the employees of the sports and school activity departments in the education directorates in Baghdad Governorate, who number (245). employees, when they were all selected to form the main research sample, and then the researcher divided them into three subgroups: the survey sample, which includes (15) employees, the statistical analysis sample, which includes (138) employees, and the final application sample, which includes (92) employees. To obtain the required data, the researcher by preparing two tools, the first is the empowering leadership tool, which has (14) items, and the organizational control tool, which has (12) items. They are answered with five-point answer alternatives, which are (it applies a lot, it applies, it applies somewhat, it does not apply, it does not apply very much), which the weights are carried (5-4-3-2-1) respectively, and after analyzing the data statistically, the following conclusions were reached: - Directors of sports and school activity departments in Baghdad Governorate apply empowering leadership practices at an average level from the point of view of their employees. - The sports and school activity departments in Baghdad Governorate have an average level of organizational control from the point of view of their employees. - The relationship between empowering leadership among directors of sports and school activity departments and organizational control in these departments is positive, with an impact of empowering leadership on organizational control
Leadership of organizations is one of the most important factors influencing their success and sustainability, which includes managers assuming responsibility for directing and managing human and material resources, defining the vision and mission, and developing the necessary strategies to achieve their goals. It also includes organizing and motivating teams and making critical decisions. As well as supervising administrative processes and activities. Daily and ensure its effective operation, the research aimed to determine the extent to which directors of sports and school activity departments in Iraq apply empowering leadership, and determine the level of organizational control in sports and school activity departments in Iraq from the point of view of their employees, as well as determining the nature of the relationship. The impact of the empowering leadership of the directors of sports and school activity departments on their organizational control. In order to collect data, the researcher used the descriptive method using the survey method and the correlational method. The research community was determined by the employees of the sports and school activity departments in the education directorates in Baghdad Governorate, who number (245). employees, when they were all selected to form the main research sample, and then the researcher divided them into three subgroups: the survey sample, which includes (15) employees, the statistical analysis sample, which includes (138) employees, and the final application sample, which includes (92) employees. To obtain the required data, the researcher by preparing two tools, the first is the empowering leadership tool, which has (14) items, and the organizational control tool, which has (12) items. They are answered with five-point answer alternatives, which are (it applies a lot, it applies, it applies somewhat, it does not apply, it does not apply very much), which the weights are carried (5-4-3-2-1) respectively, and after analyzing the data statistically, the following conclusions were reached: - Directors of sports and school activity departments in Baghdad Governorate apply empowering leadership practices at an average level from the point of view of their employees. - The sports and school activity departments in Baghdad Governorate have an average level of organizational control from the point of view of their employees. - The relationship between empowering leadership among directors of sports and school activity departments and organizational control in these departments is positive, with an impact of empowering leadership on organizational control