This study was conducted to determine the relationship between the emotional intelligence and metaprogram levels of sports administrators. The sample of this study is 100 volunteer sport administrators (the mean age of 30,08) who are active in Spor A.Ş. (Istanbul Sports Activities Company) and Province Directorate of Youth Services and Sports Istanbul. Data were obtained using a personal information form, Bar-on Emotional Intelligence Scale and the scale of metaprogram. SPSS statistics program was used for the findings of this study. In the evaluation of the data were used the frequency, t-test, ANOVA and correlation analysis. When looking the averages of emotional intelligence and metaprogram, emotional intelligence and its metaprograms were evaluated in the range of "agree". It was seems in measurements of emotional intelligence of the Sports managers that they have agreed the optimism, happiness, problem solving, social responsibility, interpersonal relationships, empathy, self-esteem and self-determination sub-dimensions. It have been identified that in metaprogram sub-dimensions, they have agreed all subdimensions except "result". When looking the gender, there is no difference in metaprogram but it have been identified that women are better than men on interpersonal relationships, emotional self-awareness sub-dimensions of the emotional intelligence. It was shown that there was a significant positive relationship between the sub-dimensions of the emotional intelligence and the sub-dimensions of the metaprogram of the sports managers (significant at the 0.05 level).

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This study aimed to investigate the effects of leisure meanings on work engagement of teachers from different branches. The study sample consisted of 514 teachers working in public schools in Istanbul. The survey method was used for the research, and the survey consisted of three sections: demographic information form, the Meaning of Leisure Scale (MLS), and Work Engagement Scale (WES). The data were analyzed with SPSS statistics package program, and frequency, independent samples t-test, ANOVA, correlation, and regression analysis were performed. The study results suggested a significant and positive correlation between the meaning of leisure and work engagement.

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