Inhibitors To Recreational Sports Participation Among Academic Staff In Osun State College Of Education, Ila-Orangun, Nigeria
Keywords:
academic staff, healthcare, recreational sport, InhibitorsAbstract
This study investigated the inhibitors to recreational sport participation among
academic staff in Osun State College of Education, Ila-Orangun, Nigeria. The
population for the study consisted of all academic staff of Osun State College of
Education, Ila-Orangun out of which a total of 157 respondents were selected
through purposive and maximum variation sampling technique from 5 schools
that were randomly selected. Three hypotheses on the effect of participation in
recreational sports on Health Status were tested, and all were found significant
after subjecting them to chi-square analysis at 0.05 level of significance. Based
on the findings of this study it was concluded that job demand, lack of motivation
and erroneous belief are some of the inhibitors to recreational sport participation
among academic staff in Osun State College of Education, Ila-Orangun. It was
therefore recommended that the college management should carry out a
comprehensive auditing of the academic staff work load with the aim of reducing
it.
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