Evaluation of crisis management in wrestling organizations according to wrestler characteristics

In this study, it was aimed to determine whether the perspectives of athletes involved in wrestling regarding the management of crises that may arise in wrestling organizations vary according to their demographic characteristics. For this purpose, the "Crisis Management Scale" developed by Abdullah Çalışkan was applied to 189 randomly selected wrestlers from various sports clubs. The results of the scale were analyzed using the SPSS 26 package program. Descriptive statistics of the data such as frequency and percentage were shown, and descriptive statistics of each sub-dimension of the scale were extracted and interpreted. As a result of the normality tests performed on the collected data, it was determined that the data did not show a normal distribution; For this reason, Mann Whitney-U Test and Kruskal Wallis Test, which are non-parametric statistical tests, were applied to compare independent variables. In the results where there was a significant difference, the effect value of the source of the difference was calculated with the Rosenthal formula. Additionally, the reliability of the data was checked by calculating Cronbach's Alpha coefficients. According to the results obtained, it was concluded that the wrestlers adopted crisis management and that the people who will take part in management positions in wrestling organizations should be people who have dealt with wrestling sports, and that crisis management becomes more experienced when professional experience increases. Key Words: Wrestling, Organization, Crisis Management