The effect of cultural intelligence on motivation in football players

In this study, it is aimed to examine the effect of cultural intelligence on motivation in athletes playing football. The study involved 213 football players, 112 men and 101 women, who approved to fill out the online questionnaire. In the study, a questionnaire consisting of demographic information form, cultural intelligence and adult motivation scales was used as a data collection tool. Validity and reliability analysis were performed to determine the suitability of the scales to this study sample. After the comparison analysis of the total and sub-dimension scores of the scales whose validity and reliability were verified according to descriptive statistics and demographic variables, the relationship between cultural intelligence and motivation was examined. In the study, it was found that the cultural intelligence and motivation of the individuals playing football were at a medium level, that there was a positive and significant relationship between cultural intelligence and motivation, and that cultural intelligence had a positive and significant effect on motivation. In the study, it was also found that cultural intelligence did not show significant differences according to gender, age, marital status and education status, and it was found that the upper cognitive, motivational and cultural intelligence level of athletes with monthly income of 10,000 TL and below and 20,001 TL and above was significantly higher than the cultural intelligence level of participants with monthly income between 15,001-20,000 TL; it was found that the behavioral cultural intelligence was significantly higher in the footballers with a licensed football period of 1-5 years than in the footballers with a licensed football period of 11 years or more. It was found that motivation did not differ significantly according to marital status, education status, monthly income and duration of licensed football, the motivation level of male footballers was significantly higher than female footballers, and the intrinsic motivation in the 18- 25 age group was significantly higher than in the 26-29 age group.