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A census sample of NCAA Division III athletic directors as listed in the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) 2009-2010 National Directory of College Athletics. Of the 418 listed in the NACDA Directory 169 participated. Multiple, One-Way ANOVA's were conducted to test the differences in organizational commitment utilizing the independent variables of age, marital/partnership status, number years at institution, gender, and ethnicity. No significant relationship was found between age, gender, number of years at institution, and ethnicity and organizational commitment. There was a significant difference found between married vii and domestic partner at (p< .05). 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