Risk-Taking Propensity and Its Relationship to Achievement Motivation among Park and Recreation Directors

Jian-Gong Tan ； Christopher R. Edginton ； Samuel V. Lankford ； Er-Wei Dong

《International Leisure Review》 3卷1期 (2014/03) Pp. 5-31

https://doi.org/10.6298/ILR.2014.3.1

並列摘要

The purpose of the study was to examine the risk-taking propensity and achievement motivation among park and recreation directors in a Midwestern state in the USA. More specifically, the study is designed to determine the relationships between risk-taking propensity and achievement motivation. In addition, the study seeks to explore the relationships between various demographic variables such as age, gender, education level, city size, agency size, organizational budget, and years of professional experience in the park and recreation field and either risk-taking propensity or achievement motivation.A questionnaire was sent to municipal park and recreation directors in a Midwestern state in the USA. As a result, a total of 59 directors (75.6%) of municipal park and recreation agencies participated in this study. This study found that the majority of directors have a moderate propensity for risk-taking while administering park and recreation affairs. The results show that only age is correlated with risk-taking propensity among parks and recreation directors and did not find relationships between risk taking propensity and other demographical variables, such as gender, education level, full-time staff, city population, years of professional experience, and organizational budget and risk-taking propensity.

並列關鍵字

risk-taking propensity ； achievement motivation ； municipal park and recreation director

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