Examination of crisis management competence levels of managers working in sports high school in Eastern Anatolia Region

As in all organizations, it is important for individuals in educational institutions to set aside their differences and act in accordance with group norms to ensure a harmonious working process. In line with this importance, the present study aims to examine the crisis management competency levels of sports high school administrators in the Eastern Anatolia Region. The population of the study consists of sports high schools affiliated with the Ministry of National Education in Turkey, while the sample includes 48 administrators from 11 sports high schools located in the Eastern Anatolia Region. A personal information form and a crisis management scale were used as data collection tools. The research was conducted directly on the sample, and the data were analyzed using the statistic software. In the analysis of the data, frequency, percentage, arithmetic mean, standard deviation, analysis of Mann-Whitney U and Kruscal Wallis H tests were employed. The level of significance for the statistical analyses was set at 0.05. According to the results of the study, the crisis management competencies of sports high school administrators during times of crisis were found to be at a moderate level. Furthermore, participation in seminars was found to have an impact on crisis-time activities; a statistically significant difference was identified between the group that had never attended seminars and the group that had attended two or more seminars. The findings of the study indicate the necessity of expanding educational and professional development opportunities in order to enhance the effectiveness of crisis management processes in sports high schools. Developing an effective crisis management strategy in educational institutions depends not only on the attitudes and behaviors exhibited by administrators during crises, but also on improving their competencies in the preparatory phase prior to the crisis and in the post-crisis recovery processes. Keywords: Education, Educational Administration, Sports High Schools, Crisis, Crisis Management