TY - JOUR
T1 - Transformational Leadership and Athlete Satisfaction
T2 - The Mediating Role of Coaching Competency
AU - Kao, San Fu
AU - Tsai, Chou Yu
PY - 2016/10/1
Y1 - 2016/10/1
N2 - Drawing on social cognitive theory, we examine the relationship between coaches’ transformational leadership and athletes’ evaluations of coaches’ coaching competency. We also investigate how coaching competency can mediate the positive effect of coaches’ transformational leadership on athletes’ satisfaction. Using path analysis with bootstrapping techniques, we analyzed 397 competitive volleyball players to test our research model. Our results revealed that (a) coaches’ transformational leadership has a positive effect on coaching competency, and (b) coaching competency mediates the positive effect of coaches’ transformational leadership on athletes’ satisfaction. Implications for coach education and sport psychology in terms of theory and research are discussed.
AB - Drawing on social cognitive theory, we examine the relationship between coaches’ transformational leadership and athletes’ evaluations of coaches’ coaching competency. We also investigate how coaching competency can mediate the positive effect of coaches’ transformational leadership on athletes’ satisfaction. Using path analysis with bootstrapping techniques, we analyzed 397 competitive volleyball players to test our research model. Our results revealed that (a) coaches’ transformational leadership has a positive effect on coaching competency, and (b) coaching competency mediates the positive effect of coaches’ transformational leadership on athletes’ satisfaction. Implications for coach education and sport psychology in terms of theory and research are discussed.
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U2 - 10.1080/10413200.2016.1187685
DO - 10.1080/10413200.2016.1187685
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84975141229
SN - 1041-3200
VL - 28
SP - 469
EP - 482
JO - Journal of Applied Sport Psychology
JF - Journal of Applied Sport Psychology
IS - 4
ER -