The relationship between sport motivation and career success rate among employees at General Organization of Education in Kermanshah Province

The aim of this study, based on the correlation method, was to identify the relationship between sport motivation and career success rate. The statistical population of this research included 200 employees at General Organization of Education in Kermanshah Province in 2011. The sample scale has been determined by using Cochran formula, 127 of which were selected by simple random sampling and they answered the Pelletier questionnaires of sport motivation and Rudceep questionnaires of career success. The data has been analyzed by using Pearson correlation and multiple regression analysis and with stepwise method(spss). The results obtained through Pearson correlation approved a direct and significant relationship between sport motivation and career success rate. Also, there was a direct and significant relationship between intrinsic motivation and extrinsic motivation and employee’s career success rate. The results obtained through stepwise method showed that the sport motivation explain 0/093 of the variance of employees career success and can predict significantly employees career success rate such that a standard deviation change in sport motivation brings to 0/31 of the standard deviation change in employees career success. Therefore, the directors are advised to enhance sport motivation among employees in order to increase their career success.