Abstract

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The study was carried out to assess the impact of role Conflict of board members on the development of National Sports Federations in Nigeria. A Survey research design was used to carry out the study. The population of the study comprised of forty two (42) registered National Sports Federations in Nigeria. It was estimated that the population of Board members is six hundred and thirty (630). Purposive and simple random sampling was used to select one hundred and forty seven (147) respondents. The instrument used was self-developed questionnaire prepared based on Likert 5 point scale of measurement: SA (Strongly Agree), A (Agreed), U (Undecided) D (Disagreed) and SD (Strongly Disagree) the items were coded 5,4,3,2 and 1 respectively. The instrument was Pilot tested and analysed using Cronbach's Alpha which was established at .748, Frequencies and percentages were used to analyse the demographic characteristic of respondents. Means and Standard deviation to answer research questions and chi – Square was used to test hypothesis at 0.05 level of significance. The findings revealed that There is significant impact between role conflict and Sports development in Nigeria (p = 0.000 <0.05). The study recommends that National Sports Federation executive Board members must be aware that role conflict exist so as to help to construct group boundaries and should also help them recognize their common interest – which is sports development, and not necessarily a rebellion

Keywords: sport, development, conflicts