Title: The relationship between adult table tennis players' perception on coaches' leadership behavior and satisfaction
Abstract: The purpose was to explore coaches' leadership and table tennis players' satisfaction, and the relationship between them. The research approach applied was survey method with a questionnaire. The researcher took the table tennis players who joined the 2010 Jhong-Jheng Cup as samples. Two hundred and thirteen samples were effective among 244 table tennis players and the rate of return was 87.3%. The statistical methods include reliability analysis, t-test, one-way analysis of variance, and Scheffe's method. The findings from the analysis were summarized as follows: and earned the highest score in table tennis players' perception of coaches' leadership behavior, and autocratic behavior received the lowest score. and his leadership behavior earned higher score than performance in table tennis players' perception of satisfaction. Canonical correlation existed between coaches' leadership and table tennis players' satisfaction, 'training and and 'award behavior' of coaches' leadership had the highest effect on table tennis players' satisfaction. The results revealed that the more leadership perceived by table tennis players, the higher satisfaction they had. Hopefully, this study can offer some suggestions for the direction of future researches and applications in coaches' leadership and team management. Kwak (2002) believed that coach's leadership is a complex and diversified behavior; it guides player to reach the goal through direct or indirect ways. He concluded that an outstanding coach should possess training basics and abilities to enhance player's body and mind, and also make much of using skills, strategy, and process to encourage player to work voluntarily toward his goal. And during scenarios of sports, coach and player's interaction is also a process of interpersonal interaction. This kind of interactive relationship will affect player's motive and satisfaction in participating in the sports (Chelladurai, 1993).The National Jhongjheng Cup Table Tennis Tournament has a very stringent entry pre-requisite, and is one of the most important annual tournaments in Taiwan. Therefore, studying the suitable leadership behavioral model of table tennis coaches for the open group is an important topic, so that leadership efficiency of coaches, and hence players' level of satisfaction may be enhanced. It is hoped that results of the study may provide a reference for table tennis coaches in their team leadership behaviors for implementation of training and management of the team. 1.2. Objectives The study aims at investigating the relationship between table tennis players' perception of coaches' leadership behaviors and their level of satisfaction, in the hope to provide research results that serve as a reference for table tennis coaches in training and management. Specific objectives include understanding the current status of players' perception of coaches' leadership behaviors and their level of satisfaction, and understanding the relationship between the two.
Publication Year: 2011
Publication Date: 2011-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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