Collective leadership of directors of sports and scouting activity departments and its role in developing career orientations among technical supervisors within the education directorates in the Middle Euphrates governorates
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https://doi.org/10.31185/wjoss.854Keywords:
Collective leadership, Career orientationAbstract
The research aimed to identify the level of characteristics possessed by the directors of sports and scouting activity departments in the education directorates in the Middle Euphrates governorates about collective leadership, and to identify the level of Career orientations possessed by technical supervisors in those departments, in addition to identifying the role that collective leadership of the directors of sports and scouting activity departments can play in developing professional orientations among technical supervisors. The researcher adopted the descriptive approach using the survey method and the correlation method. The researcher defined the research community as the technical supervisors working in the sports and scouting activity departments within the education directorates in the Middle Euphrates governorates, which include (5) sports and scouting activity departments in (5) education directorates in the governorates of (Babil, Karbala, Najaf, Diwaniyah, and Samawah). These departments include (149) technical supervisors. The researcher chose all members of the community to represent the main research sample, and then that sample was divided into three sub-samples: the exploratory study sample with several individuals reaching (9) technical supervisors, the preparation sample with several individuals reaching (84) technical supervisors, and finally the application sample. The final number of individuals reached (56) technical supervisors, and to obtain the data required in the research, the researcher prepared two measurement tools, the first tool measures the characteristics of collective leadership of the managers of the sports and scouting activity departments with several paragraphs reaching (15) paragraphs, and the second tool measures the Career orientations of the technical supervisors with several paragraphs reaching (15) paragraphs, and after applying the final image of the two tools to the final application sample and extracting the results and processing them statistically, the researcher concluded a set of conclusions, which are:
- The managers of the sports and scouting activity departments within the education directorates in the Middle Euphrates governorates possess the characteristics of collective leadership at an average level from the point of view of the technical supervisors in those departments.
- The technical supervisors working in the sports and scouting activity departments within the education directorates in the Middle Euphrates governorates possess an average level of career orientation characteristics from their point of view.
- The possession of collective leadership characteristics by managers can play a positive role in developing Career orientations among technical supervisors.
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