Correlation of Coaches Humility and Knowledge Sharing with Creativity of Iran Women Volleyball Premier League Players

Positions in team sports provide countless opportunities for players to express creative behavior. The aim of this study was to investigate the correlation between coachchr('39')s humility and knowledge sharing with creativity of Iran women volleyball premier league players.

This study was a descriptive-correlation method. The statistical population consisted of all the players of the Womenchr('39')s Volleyball Premier League in 2019, whose number is 126. Due to the limited number of players, the statistical sample was selected as a total of 126 people. In this study, the "Expressed Humility Scale", the "Knowledge Sharing Behavior Scale (KSBS), the" Creativity Scale "were used. The validity of the questionnaires was assessed through face validity, content, convergence and confirmatory factor analysis construct and reliability by internal consistency method by calculating Cronbachchr('39')s alpha coefficient. The collected data were analyzed using Smart Pls 3.5 software.

There was a significant negative and positive correlation between coachchr('39')s humility and creativity (β= -0.34, P=0.030) and knowledge sharing (β= 0.42, P= 0.010). Also, there is a significant positive correlation between knowledge sharing (β = 0.47, =0.001) with the creativity of Iranian Womenchr('39')s Volleyball Premier League players.

There is a significant positive and negative correlation between the coachchr('39')s humility and the creativity and knowledge sharing of the Iranian Womenchr('39')s Volleyball Premier League players, respectively. Therefore, it is suggested that the coaching committee of the Volleyball Federation of Iran consider coaching style training as one of the most important indicators in coaching courses and hold training courses for coaches.