Construction and validation of measurement for employees’ sport participation motivations

The purpose of this study was to build and make validation of a measurement tool for employees’ sport participation motivations. This study used mixed method. In qualitative section, 30 questions were designed according to theoretical foundation and sport activities experts’ comments. For checking the face validity, the questionnaires were distributed among 15 professional experts, then the questionnaires were reviewed by result of Lawshe formula, as a result 4 questions were omitted. Sampling method was stratified random sampling based on Structural equation among 9451 employees of public universities of Tehran. For getting structural validity, Structural equation and exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis were used. Data were surveyed in SPSS and LISREL programs. With using exploratory factor analysis 26 questions were reduced to 22 questions. Final components were identified after varimax rotation. 4 components’ title and reliability coefficient were physical (0.86), mental (0.80), social and material (0.90), and fun and recreation (0.85). Questionnaire total reliability was calculated equal to (0.92) by Cronbach's alpha. The result of confirmatory factor analysis supported the fitness of 4 components.Eventually, the designed questionnaire can be used in organizations as an appropriate tool for measuring and evaluating employees’ sport participation motivations. Key words: sport participation, exploratory factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis