Demographic factors affecting achievement goal orientation among Kenya volleyball league players
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2016-01Author
Bulinda, Mugala
Mugala Bulinda, Hannington
Bukhala, Peter
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This study sought to investigate relationship between demographic factors and goal
orientation of Kenya’s volleyball league players. It was guided by the hypothesis that
demographic factors of Kenya volleyball league players have no significant difference on
goal orientation. Demographic factors under study-included age, gender, participation
status, team level, and players’ experience. Demographic questionnaire and the Task and
Ego Orientation in Sport Questionnaire (TEOSQ) were the instruments for data collection.
A total of 134 volleyball players from twelve National Volleyball League division one and
two teams participated in the study. The players were selected by stratified random
sampling. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and Chi square test of
independence (p=0.05). Findings of the study showed that the percentage of task oriented
players was higher on all the five categories of age, gender, level, status and experience
under study. However, the chi square values obtained showed that these differences were
not statistically significant. Therefore, the hypothesis that there is no significant difference
among Kenya volleyball league players on task and ego orientation based on demographic
characteristics was accepted. The study concluded that there is no significant difference on
task and ego orientation among Kenyan volleyball league players. It recommended that
coaches, trainers and managers need to emphasize intrinsic motivation among the players
due to its relation to task orientation. It further recommended for a comparative study on
different sports on goal orientation and a cultural based study to establish if goal
orientation is a cultural phenomenon.
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