Abstract
Coaches in comprehensive community sport clubs perform coaching activities by sharing
values and philosophy inside the club because they belong to the organization and are influenced
by it. To date, many studies have examined these effects by using such constructs as organizational
culture. Many qualitative studies have examined organizational culture in comprehensive
community sport clubs in Japan. However, few studies using quantitative methods have explored
it. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to quantitatively examine the relationships between
organizational culture in comprehensive community sport clubs and coaches＇ organizational
commitment. One hundred seventy-seven coaches (male coaches = 109, female coaches = 68,
mean age = 46.8 years, SD = 15.9) completed questionnaires assessing the organizational culture
in comprehensive community sport clubs and their organizational commitment. A hierarchical
regression analysis demonstrated that three factors (atmosphere, connectedness, and organizational presence) of organizational culture related to organizational commitment. However, the findings did not indicate that a coach＇s coaching experience in his/her club was a significant contributor to organizational commitment. Moreover, when coaching experience in his/her club was shorter, atmosphere related to a coach＇s organizational commitment. Additionally, connectedness and organizational presence were related to organizational commitment when a coach had longer
coaching experience in his/her club. Overall, the study suggested that higher levels of recognition
of various organizational cultures in a club were linked to the strength of a coach＇s identification
toward and involvement with the club.
