Sport participation and physical activity by employees in tertiary institutions: a demographic perspective

Abstract

Joubert and Grobler (2014) developed an OTSS questionnaire (Organisational Team Sport Survey) which consisted of five factors namely coping skills / achieve goals; friends / able to work in a team; physical activity / health; improve production and work / life balance. The purpose of this study was to use the instrument developed by Joubert and Grobler (2014) and to analyse the differences in opinion of the importance, role and value of team sport and physical activity, facilitated with an organisational context, between the demographic groups (age categories, race groups and gender groups). Different demographic groups were expected to report different opinions. A total of 208 respondents participated in this study. The findings of this study indicated that there is a significant difference in opinion between the age and gender groups but there was statistically no significant difference between races, probably due to the representativeness of the sample. The findings of this study will contribute to human resource practitioners, wellness practitioners and management in general regarding the perceived role and nature of organised sport and physical activity by employees in tertiary organisations.