Investigation of organizational commitment and leadership orientation of students studying in faculty of sport sciences

The main purpose of the research is to examine the leadership characteristics and emotional intelligence levels of athletes. In addition, it is determined to determine whether there are significant differences in emotional intelligence and leadership orientations according to some demographic characteristics of athletes. To examine the personal information form. It is for the Leadership Orientations Scale, which was adapted to Turkish culture by Bolman and Deal (1990) by Dereli (2003). Since they have emotional intelligence levels, Shutte et al. For the Emotional Intelligence Scale, revised by Lane et al. (2009) and adapted to Turkish culture by Adiloğulları and Görgülü (2015). 278 men and 209 women participated from a total of 487 athletes. When the findings of the research were examined, no significant differences were found in leadership orientation and affective intelligence levels according to gender, mother education level and family income level. Significant differences were determined in terms of changes in the education level, branch, father education level, income level and sports year of the athletes. In addition, it was determined that there was a significant relationship between leadership orientations sub-meaningful and emotional intelligence levels.