The predictors of business participation of managers in sport

In this paper there are the results of empirical research of the factors that can include the relationship of management of non-sport organizations with sports clubs. The main aim of this research is focused on defining the structural model of factors that determine the participation of managers in sport. The empirical research was realized in six football and six volleyball clubs belonging to the highest and medium competition level in the Republic of Serbia and 56 respondents in total were included in the survey. These respondents are registered active members of the management of these clubs and they have the properties of (senior and middle level) managers of non-sport companies. According to the results of the tests of this research, we may state that the structural model of relation between factoring and criteria variables in the present form can be used only partially as an instrument of diagnosis and forecast (prediction) of the participation of managers in sport.