TY - JOUR T1 - Investigation of the Relationship between the Leadership Styles Perceived by the Coaches and the Levels of Organizational Commitment AU - Kırkbir, Hakan AU - Kul, Murat PY - 2023 DA - December Y2 - 2023 JF - International Journal of Sport Culture and Science JO - IntJSCS PB - Uluslararası Bilim Kültür ve Spor Derneği WT - DergiPark SN - 2148-1148 SP - 247 EP - 260 VL - 11 IS - 4 LA - en AB - The research was conducted to examine the relationship between coaches' perceived leadership styles and organizational commitment levels. For this purpose, people who actively continue their coaching duties in different branches and reside in Trabzon were included in the study. Three separate forms were used to collect data in the research. These; Personal Information Form, Multifactor Leadership Scale and Organizational Commitment Scale. SPSS (Version 26) was used in the analysis process of this study, which was carried out in the relational screening model. Among parametric tests, t-test, ANOVA and Pearson correlation analysis were used. According to the research results; There were no differences in the variables of gender, education level, being a national athlete, type of sports branch and region of duty. However, in the transformational leadership sub-dimension; Statistically significant results were obtained depending on the variables of age, marital status, coaching level, institution and tenure. In the transactional leadership sub-dimension; Statistically significant results were obtained depending on the variables of age, perceived income status, coaching level, institution and tenure. In the organizational commitment variable; Statistically significant results were obtained only in the variables of perceived income status, coaching level and tenure. Finally; It was concluded that there was a positive relationship between the leadership styles perceived by the coaches and their organizational commitment levels. KW - Coach KW - Leadership KW - Leadership Style KW - Organization KW - Organizational Commitment CR - Zengin, S., & Somoğlu, B. (2022). Investigation of Leadership Tendencies of Students in Sports Science. Mediterranean Journal of Sports Sciences, 5(1), 483-502. UR - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/intjscs/issue//1395031 L1 - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/3555486 ER -