Sako Bakhtiyari; Shirin Zardoshtian
Volume 3, Issue 4 , January 2017, , Pages 23-34
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The purpose of this study was the mediator role of strategic thinking in relationship between leadership styles and organizational culture in sports and youth offices of kurdistan province. The research method is descriptive and type of survey. the statistical population was included all of managers, ...
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The purpose of this study was the mediator role of strategic thinking in relationship between leadership styles and organizational culture in sports and youth offices of kurdistan province. The research method is descriptive and type of survey. the statistical population was included all of managers, secrotary, experts of sports and youth offices and vice-president of sportsassociation in Kurdistan(250 people). the statistical sample was equal to population by total-calculated sampling. We used to Standard questionnaires leadership styles of Bass and Olive (1985), strategic thinking of Lidka (1998) and organizational culture of Hafested (2001). Validity was approved from viewpoint of sport management specialist (10 people) and its reliability also with Cronbach's alpha respectively, 0/95. 94/0 and 0/83 was approved. For data analyze, we utilize to PLS in two parts measurement model and structural model. Results showed that There is a significant and direct effect of laissez-faire leadership style on organizational culture. Also There is a significant and direct effect of transformational leadership style on strategic thinking and laissez-faire leadership style on strategic thinking. There is a significant and direct effect of strategic thinking on organizational culture. There is a significant and indirect effect of laissez-faire and transformational leadership styles on organizational culture with strategic thinking as a mediator. it's concluding that authorities utilize strategic thinking in order to Transition and Control for Impressment culture in Own organization.
Loghman Keshavarz; Abolfazl Farahani; Matin Najdsamiei
Volume 1, Issue 4 , January 2015, , Pages 69-78
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The purpose of this research was to investigate the relationship between the leadership style of coaches and the sporting identity of elite women Handball players of Iran. Statistical population of this study included 176 players, coaches, and managers who were participated at the premier women Handball ...
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The purpose of this research was to investigate the relationship between the leadership style of coaches and the sporting identity of elite women Handball players of Iran. Statistical population of this study included 176 players, coaches, and managers who were participated at the premier women Handball league of Iran. 16 coaches and managers were purposefullyselected as research samples. Also based on Morgan table 113 players were cluster-randomly selected as research samples.To achieve the research objectives, the Brewer Athletic Identity questionnaire and Bass & Olive leadership style questionnaire were used. Validity of two questionnaires was confirmed by 15 experts and their reliability were studied in a pilot study with 30 subjects and calculated as 0.83, and 0.87 respectively.For data analysis the descriptive statistics and inferential statistics methods, including Kolmogorov-Smirnov, Single sample T-student, liner regression, and multiple regression were used. The results show that the sporting identity of the elite players in women's handball is desirable. The leadership style of coaches at the premier women Handball league of Iran is Transformational. There is a significant relationship between leadership style and sporting identities.
