The effect of transformational leadership and personal cultural values on creating a learning organization: A research in higher education institutions in the field of physical education and sports

In this research, it is aimed to examine the effect of transformational leadership and personal cultural values on creation of learning organization in higher education instutions in the field of physical education and sports. For this purpose, the sample of the study consisted of 328 academic staff who were selected through convinience sampling and volunteered to participate in the research and work in higher education instutions in the field of physical edycation and sports ( 81 women and 247 men; 253 of them are in sports sciences faculty, 81 of them are in physical education and sports collage). The data of the study were collected, between january-february 2021, through "The Learning Organization dimensions Scale" which was developed by Watkins and Marsick (1997) for learning organizations and adapted into Turkish by Basım et al. (2007), "The Transformational Leadership Scale" for transformational leadership which was developed by Podsakoff et al. (1990) and adapted to Turkish by İşcan (2002), and "The Personal Cultural Values Scale" developed by Yoo et al. (2011) for personal cultural values and adapted to Turkish by the researcher. In the analysis of the data, to determine the normality distribution; ScatterPlotMatrix distributions and multivariate Mardia normality test were used; descriptive statistics (f, , %), multiple variance analysis (MANOVA), and in order to determine the source of the difference Post Hoc tests was used. In addition, structural equation modeling was used. As a result of analyzes; providing vision-inspiration and being an appropriate role model, ensuring the acceptance of group goals, providing intellectual encouragement, showing individual attention and having a high expectation of success sub-dimensions of transformational leadership and the power distance and collectivity sub-dimensions of personal cultural values have a direct effect on the creation of learning organization. As a result; transformational leadership and personal cultural values are important in creating a learning organization. Keywords: Physical education and sports, transformational leadership, personal cultural values, learning organization, higher education institution.