The relationship between communication skills of sports service employees and internal entrepreneurship (İstanbul example)

The aim of this study is to evaluate the relationship between the communication skills of sports service workers and the level of entrepreneurship. Another aim is to examine the communication skills and entrepreneurship levels according to some variables (gender, age, education level, professional experience, sports status in the family, income status and position in the institution). The research was designed by applying quantitative research, causal comparison and correlational method. The sample of the research consists of volunteer participants (n=100) working within the Istanbul Provincial Directorate of Youth and Sports. Personal information form, communication skill scale and entrepreneurial behavior scale were applied to the participants. The obtained data were analyzed by transferring them to the SPSS 21 package program. As a result, it was determined that the communication skills and sub-dimensions of the participants were at a good level, and there was a weak positive correlation between the communication skills that they had moderate entrepreneurship tendency and the level of entrepreneurship. It has been determined that there is no significant difference in communication skills according to gender, working time, family involvement in sports, income level and position in the institution, and there is a difference in communication skills according to age and education level. It was determined that there was no significant difference in the level of entrepreneurship according to the participants' gender, age, education level, working time, interest in sports in the family, income level and position in the institution.