Leadership Style in Amateur Club Sports: A Key Element in Strategic Management

Leadership is key in sports management, as it allows organizations to endure over time. style determines how an organization or club works. The purpose of this study investigate employees’ perceptions the leadership presidents (managers) amateur clubs and influences effort, efficiency satisfaction those employees. sample consists managers (N = 334), whom 286 are men 48 women, with average age 42.05 (±9.64). subordinate version Multifactorial Questionnaire used, found that mostly use transformational style, regardless discipline. A descriptive analysis qualitative variables absolute relative frequencies. ANOVA used for comparisons between groups, forward multiple regression determine effects different variables. There significant differences collective individual terms (p 0.014) 0.04). had on effectiveness satisfaction, while genre type sport did not, corroborating positive predictive power transactional styles. Transformational styles positively statistically significantly predict extra effort subordinates, perceived leader. training brings advantages stability sustainability clubs.