Transformational Leadership Behavior of Coaches and Its Relationship to Satisfaction from Sport Team Players’ Perspective at Mutah University

Abstract

This study aimed to identify the effect of using the transformational leadership behavior of coaches and its
relationship to satisfaction from the point of view of sport team players at Mutah University. The research used
the descriptive approach. The study sample consisted of 96 players. To collect data, a questionnaire was used to
measure the level of transformational leadership, which was divided into four domains: ideal influence,
inspirational motivation, intellectual arousal and individual considerations. Another questionnaire was used to
measure the level of satisfaction among the players, which was divided into four domains of satisfaction: team
performance, personal treatment, training and sports performance. Means, standard deviations, t-test, Pearson
correlation coefficient and Cronbach's alpha were used to analyze the data. The results of the study showed that
the level of the team players' ratings at the transformation leadership behavior level of the coaches came with a
high degree. They also showed that the level of the team players' ratings of the coaches towards the level of
satisfaction was high. Besides, they showed a positive relationship between transformational leadership behavior
and players’ satisfaction. The study recommends developing the players’ satisfaction by focusing on the ideal
influence variable “charisma” because of its clear and effective role in implementing the transformational
leadership behavior of coaches. It also recommends conducting more studies on transformational leadership in
the sports field by studying other administrative variables.