Abstract
ThepurposeofthisstudywastoexaminetherelationshipbetweenorganizationaleffectivenessmeasuresanddonorcontributionsforNationalCollegiateAthleticAssociationDivisionIathleticdepartments.Forthisstudy,donorcontributionswereusedasaproxyfordonors’perceptionoforganizationaleffectivenessfortheseathleticdepartments.Usingacombinationofthegoalsattainmentmodel(Price,1972)andthestrategicconstituenciesmodel(Connolly,Conlon,&Deutsch,1980)theeffectivenessmeasuresusedwereathleticperformance,studentathletewelfare,andstudentathleteacademicsuccess.ThewholeofDivisionI,aswellasthethreesubdivisions,wereexaminedforthefive-yearperiodfrom2013to2017.Theresultsofhierarchicalmultiplelinearregressionssuggestedthatasignificantproportionofthevarianceindonorcontributionswaspredictedbyacombinationofathleticperformance,studentathletewelfare,andstudentathleteacademicsuccess.ThiswastrueforallofDivisionI,butvariedbysubdivision.Approximately60%ofvariancewaspredictedbythecombinationofeffectivenessmeasuresfortheFootballBowlSubdivision,12%fortheFootballChampionshipSubdivision(FCS),and20%forDivisionIwithoutfootball.StudentathleteacademicsuccessprovedtoonlybeasignificantpredictoronitsownfortheFCS.
| Original language | American English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1 |
| Number of pages | 16 |
| Journal | Journal of Contemporary Athletics |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| State | Published - 2021 |
Keywords
- organizational effectiveness
- intercollegiate athletics
- donors
- fundraising