Investigation of the leadership originations and sportsmanship behaviors of the trainers

This study aims to examine the Leadership Orientations and Sportsmanship Behaviors of Coaches. Taking into account factors such as cost and accessibility, the data were sent to the participants via Google Drive. Volunteering was considered in participating in the research. In this context, a total of 254 people were reached. The questionnaire used in the research to collect the relevant data consists of three chapters. In the first chapter the Demographic information, in the second chapter the Leadership Styles Scale by Dereli (2003), the Turkish version of the Leadership Styles Descriptive Questionnaire developed by Bolman and Deal (1991), in the third chapter the Multidimensional Sportsmanship Orientation Scale developed by Vallerand et al. (1994) and Turkish adaptation made by Sezen and Balçıkanlı (2010) is held. The Kolmogorov-Smirnova test was applied to the data set and it was concluded that the data did not have a normal distribution since the significance level was less than p<0.05. It was decided to apply non-parametric tests for analysis. For less than three variables the Mann Witney U test was used and for three or more variables the Kruskal Wallis H test was used. The findings were tested with a statistical significance level of p>0.05. Descriptive statistics, spearman correlation analysis and non-parametric tests were used in the analysis of the data. In the research, analysis was made according to the 95% confidence interval. The reliability of the scale was determined by the Cronbach's Alpha coefficient. In the research findings, with the sportsmanship levels of the coaches; As a result of the spearman correlation analysis conducted between leadership orientations, it was concluded that there was a significant and moderate positive relationship (p<0.01). As a result, it is seen that the average score of the Leadership Styles Scale and the average score of the participants in all sub-dimensions is high, while the highest average is seen in the Constructivist leadership sub-dimension. While the average score of the multidimensional sportsmanship scale and the average score of the participants in all sub-dimensions are high, it is seen that the highest average is in the Sub-dimension of Commitment to Responsibilities in Sports. Keywords: Coach, Leadership, Sportsmanship