Evaluation of employees' closeness to technology interaction, acceptance and usage levels in sports institutions

The aim of this study is to evaluate the level of closeness, acceptance and use of technology interaction among employees in sports institutions and to determine the level of differentiation according to the demographic variables of the obtained data. The research was carried out within the framework of the relational screening method. The universe of the study is the employees of sports institutions and the sample consists of the provinces of Elazığ, Bingöl, Malatya and Tunceli, which constitute the TRB1 region. The data obtained from 367 volunteer participants working in different professional groups in the provincial youth and sports directorates in the sample group were evaluated. The data collection in the study consists of four parts. First, a personal information form was applied to determine the demographic characteristics of the participants (gender, age, professional seniority, educational status, service unit, marital status, province of employment), then the "Technology Interaction Proximity Scale", "Technology Acceptance Model Scale" and "Technology Usage Scale" were applied. The obtained data were analyzed with the licensed SPSS 24.0 package program. Skewness-kurtosis and Kolmogorov-Smirnova normality analysis of the data, "Independent sample t-test" in the analysis of binary groups, "One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA)" in multiple group analyses, and correlation and regression analyses were performed to determine the relationship between dependent variables. As a result of the analysis, it was determined that the level of proximity of employees of sports institutions to technology interaction varies according to variables such as gender, marital status, age, seniority and education level; their technology acceptance levels vary according to variables such as age, education level and the province they work in; and their technology use varies according to gender and education level. According to the results of correlation and regression analysis, it was determined that there was a positive, medium-strength, significant relationship between the levels of proximity to technology interaction and technological acceptance perceptions of sports institution employees; a positive, low-strength, significant relationship between the levels of proximity to technology interaction and perceptions of technology use; and a positive, low-strength, significant relationship between perceptions of technology acceptance and levels of technology use. As a result, it was determined that the proximity to technology interaction and technology acceptance levels of the employees of sports institutions were strong, while their technology usage dimensions were at a moderate level.