The Relationship between Coaches Leadership Style & Change Management Ability in Iranian Super Leagues

This research aims to study the relationship between leadership styles with change management abilities among Iranian super-leagues coaches. Study population included all Iranian super-leagues players (volleyball, basketball, badminton, wrestling, karate) (N =390). The samples included 309 players. They were randomly selected from the super-leagues. Coaches leadership style and change management abilities were measured by MLQ (1996) and karnal (1991) questionnaires. The validity and reliability of the questionnaire in the target population were examined and approved at α=0.05. In order to data analysis descriptive statistics and inferential statistics were employed. In order to determine the relationship between leadership styles and change management abilities, pearson correlation coefficient was used. Results show that there was a significant positive relationship between leadership style and change management abilities among Iranian super-leagues coaches.