Abstract
The purpose of this study was to analyze the management elements in athletic sports club and to clarify the relation between the results in competitions and the intermediate variables such as the aim of their activity and the morale elements. The 30 items questionnaires concerning the management elements and morale elements were sent to 116 male members of high school handball clubs in Miyazaki Prefecture in 1981. The data of 28 items (67 categories) were analyzed by partial correlation coefficient of Hayashi's quantification theory II. The main results were summarised as follows: 1. High competitive level group showed higher morale point and higher argreement rate concerning the aim of activity than low level group. 2. The following four patterns were categorized according to the results in competitions and the aim of activity. P1: competitive and high performance level P2: competitive and low performance level P3: recreational and high performance level P4: recreational and low performance level 1) Applying Hayashi's quantification theory II, PI and P4 were found to be the most contrastive pair, (correlation ratio=0.736, discriminant power=98.6%) 2) The secondary contrastive pair was P2 and PI. (0.435, 89.5%) 3) The least contrastive pair was P3 and P4: (0.248, 72.1%) 3. Analysing by partial correlation coefficient, the main distinctive items may be the elements concerned with a coach and morale (especially, the factors of membership). It is very important for the administrators to control these elements. At the same time the administrators should take the leadership or organizational behavior in consideration of the four different patterns. These behaviors must be studied in future in athletic sports club management.
