Organizational normalization in the youth and sports directorates in Iraq

Section: Physical Education and Sport Sciences
Issue
Vol. 28 No. 88 (2025): Al-Rafidain Journal for Sports Sciences
Published
Oct 24, 2025
Pages
404-424

Abstract

Organizational normalization stands out as one of the important pillars for effective engagement with the directorate's culture and its goals. It also extends to integrating staff into the organizational fabric, enhancing their sense of belonging and loyalty, and motivating them to perform at their best. And the research aims to:



  • Preparing a questionnaire for organizational normalization in the youth and sports directorates in Iraq.

  • Identifying the level of organizational normalization in the youth and sports directorates.


he researchers used the descriptive approach in line with the nature of the current research. The research community included all the staff of the Youth and Sports Directorates, numbering (5230) male and female employees, distributed over (17) directorates in (15) governorates. The research sample was selected using the cluster method, and included the staff working in the Youth and Sports Directorates, numbering (755) male and female employees, excluding the directorate directors, their assistants, and the heads of the administrative divisions. The sample was divided into three samples: the first is the exploratory application sample, numbering (38) male and female employees. The second is the preparation and construction sample, numbering (453) male and female employees. The third is the final application sample of the two research tools, numbering (264) male and female employees level.


The researchers concluded the following:



  • the Youth and Sports Directorates (Nineveh, Kirkuk, Karbala, and Salah al-Din) adopt Babil, Wasit, Muthanna, Maysan, and Diyala) adopt a low-level organizational normalization.

  • The administrations of the Youth and Sports Directorates (Karkh, Rusafa, Sadr City, Diwaniyah, and Anbar) adopt a medium-level organizational normalization.


The administrations of the Youth and Sports Directorates (Basra, Najaf, and Dhi Qar) adopt a high-level organizational normalization.

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Authors

Mohamed A. Ahmed Khali

Nineveh Governorate/ Youth and Sports Directorate

Khaled M. Aziz Al-Abadi

University of Mosul

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https://doi.org/10.33899/rjss.v28i88.53608
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A. Ahmed Khali م., & M. Aziz Al-Abadi خ. (2025). Organizational normalization in the youth and sports directorates in Iraq. Al-Rafidain Journal For Sport Sciences, 28(88), 404–424. https://doi.org/10.33899/rjss.v28i88.53608

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Khaled M. Aziz Al-Abadi (University of Mosul)

College of Physical Education and Sport Science

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