The power sources used by the leader and the effect of authentic leadership style on leadership

Humans have to live in groups, as there is an organizational event in all of human's natural or unnatural pursuits. However, there is a need for leaders who will direct group members towards certain goals. Because leaders are the people who need to have the qualifications to create a certain process in order to direct the groups and reach their goals effectively. As in every field, there is a need for leaders and new coaches who will gather teams and athletes within the framework of a common goal and increase their performance. Coaches have to increase the effect of athletes on job satisfaction by determining the authentic leadership style and perceived power sources according to the characteristics of the athletes, managers and the environment that make up the team. In the study, it was aimed to determine the effects of the power sources used by the leader (coach) towards the followers (athletes) and the perceptions of the followers (athletes) towards the authentic leadership exhibited by the leaders (coach) on the job (sportive) satisfaction of the followers (athletes). For this purpose, a survey was conducted with 201 football players playing in the 1st amateur teams in the province of Elazig. It was tried to establish a relationship between the data obtained from the questionnaire and the power sources used by the leader and the perception of authentic leadership and job satisfaction. The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of the power sources of the coaches in the Elazig 1st amateur football teams and the authentic leadership they exhibit on the satisfaction of the athletes. Keywords: Authentic Leadership, Power Resources, Business Satisfaction, Football Player, Coach