COACHING IN THE CONTEXT OF POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY: ENHANCEMENT OF PERFORMANCE PERCEPTION AND COACHING BEHAVIOURS WITH POSITIVE LEADERSHIP THROUGH EMPLOYEE EMPOWERMENT IN ORGANIZATIONAL PROCESSES

Today, there is a need for future-oriented new management approaches, long-term strategic and even psychological partnerships with employees and human resources practices such as coaching in order to adapt particularly qualified employees to complex work environments and for their life-long development and improvement. The main purpose of this study is first to determine the individual performance and coaching levels of employees in the sports and health industries and to clarify the development process of these phenomena with a detailed research model within the framework of the positive psychology paradigm. The theoretical framework of the study is defined in terms of Self-Determination Theory, based on the fact that the employees in the field of sports and health sectors, first develop extrinsic and then intrinsic motivations. According to this theory and the established model, when individuals' work- related intrinsic attitudes and behaviours are revealed, the effects of structural and environmental variables on behaviours and direct outcomes will decrease. In the quantitative research part of the study, the effects of the variables including flexible and zestful temperament, positive leadership and perceived organizational support on individual performance and coaching behaviour of the employee through psychological empowerment were examined by using the data collection technique with a questionnaire. Data analysis and mediation tests related to the questionnaires collected from 297 employee working in the sports and health sector by the convenience sampling method support the research model statistically. The results of the research and the structure equation model also shed light on the process of the development of employees' perception of performance and its evolution into coaching. According to the findings, it is observed that organizational support is conveyed to the employees through the positive leadership approach. It was determined that psychological empowerment acts as a complete bridge, especially in the sports sector. Positive personality traits and leadership qualities empower the employees, and contribute positively to the coaching behaviours of the employees only in this way. In the field of sports, the effect of the flexible and zestful temperament on the perception of individual performance emerges only if the employees are psychologically empowered.