Psychometric characteristics of job enrichment and work-family conflict scales in sports managers

Psychological aspects of job enrichment are crucial topics in sports psychology and mean increasing the motivation, satisfaction, commitment, and performance of employees by providing opportunities for learning, creativity, responsibility, and effective communication in the organization. Work-family conflict is an important issue for both managers and employees. Work-family conflict can lead to a lack of progress, job displacement, and job change. Job enrichment allows managers to organize their work schedules and take responsibility for their tasks. However, there is no valid tool to measure these structures in Iran.

The present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the psychometric characteristics of job enrichment scales and work-family conflict in sports managers.

This research was a descriptive study and it is in the category of instrumental research. The statistical population included physical education directors of universities across Iran in 2019. The sample of this study was 333 people selected by the convenient sampling method. Job enrichment and work-family conflict questionnaires were used to collect data. Data were analyzed by confirmatory factor analysis using Amos software.

The findings showed that the reliability of the work-family conflict and job enrichment questionnaire in the present study was obtained using Cronbach's alpha, α=0.904 and α=0.926, respectively, which indicated the appropriate internal reliability of the items. The results showed that the correlation of all the items with the total score was at the optimal level. By removing each item, there was no significant difference in Cronbach's alpha coefficient of the test.

The results of this research showed the favorable reliability of the findings obtained from two questionnaires on work-family conflict and job enrichment. Furthermore, based on the results, favorable convergent and divergent validity were reported. Research in larger samples and other populations is suggested.