%0 Journal Article
%T Leadership and Motivational Climate: The Relationship with Objectives, Commitment, and Satisfaction in Base Soccer Players
%J Behavioral Sciences | An Open Access Journal from MDPI
%D 2019
%R https://doi.org/10.3390/bs9030029
%X The objective of the present study is to analyze non-professional soccer players¡¯ preferences regarding coach leadership style and motivational climate and to determine the relationship of these variables with players¡¯ satisfaction, sport commitment, and sport objectives. The participants were 151 players, aged between 10 and 24 years, divided into five categories: Alev¨ªn, Infantil, Cadet, Feminine, and Juvenile, all belonging to the Aragonese Soccer Federation. The participants completed questionnaires assessing their perception of their coach¡¯s leadership style, the team¡¯s motivational climate, their individual satisfaction, degree of sport commitment, and sport objectives. The results show that the leadership styles of training and instruction (M = 3.98, SD = 0.43) and positive feedback (M = 4.02, SD = 0.53) are the most valued by the players in all categories. The training and instruction leadership style had the highest correlations with task-oriented motivational climate (r = 0.40). The findings of the regression analysis show that a training and instruction leadership style and a task-oriented motivational climate significantly predict players¡¯ satisfaction (13.3%) and sport commitment (14.5%). View Full-Tex
%U https://www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/9/3/29