Identifying the characteristics of effective leaders in sport organizations

Rezapour, Fatemeh; Moharamzadeh, Mehrdad; Azizaian-Kohan, Nasrin; Naghizadeh-Baghi, Abbas

doi:10.30473/fmss.2023.67532.2514

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

¹ Ph.D. student in sport management, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Mohaghegh Ardabili University, Ardabil, Iran.

² Professor of Sport Management Department, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Mohaghegh Ardabili University, Ardabil, Iran.

³ Associate Professor of Sport Management Department, , Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Mohaghegh Ardabili University, Ardabil, Iran.

https://doi.org/10.30473/fmss.2023.67532.2514

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to identify the characteristics of effective leaders of sports organizations. The research method was qualitative and based on phenomenology. The statistical population of the research was the professors of the academic faculties of the country's universities, who had leadership and management experience in sports organizations. The validity and reliability of the research was confirmed through the indicators of credibility, transferability, trustworthiness and verifiability. After step-by-step coding based on the phenomenological method, 77 sub-themes were obtained, which were divided into 9 topics: leader's power, leader's personality, leader's views, leader's behavior, leader's communication, leader's ethics, leader's skills, members' views towards the leader. , leader's actions were placed as the characteristics of effective leaders of sports organizations. The results of the research showed that the characteristics of effective leaders in sport organizations are power (charismatic power, expert power, etc.), personality (self-confidence, vision, etc.), leader's views (belief in change, perspective idealistic and...) leader's behavior (appropriate body posture, extra-role behaviors, etc.) leader's communication (good relations with subordinates, etc.) , technical, etc.) is the view of the members towards the leader (the acceptability and cooperation of the members, etc.) and the actions of the leader (strategic planning and evaluation right under the hands, etc.).

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Main Subjects

Sport Management

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Identifying the characteristics of effective leaders in sport organizations

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Volume 10, Issue 2 - Serial Number 38August 2023Pages 31-32

Volume 10, Issue 2 - Serial Number 38
August 2023
Pages 31-32