Role of Communication Skills on Transformational and Structural Leadership Styles and Organizational Effectiveness in Sport Organizations

Knowledge of communication skills, leadership styles and organizational effectiveness in sport and explaining the relationships between them is the main objective of this research. The research is correlation study and was conducted through a survey. Among 700 sports directors of sports federations, a total of 245 were selected randomly as the sample. Measuring research were communication skills, leadership styles, organizational culture and organizational effectiveness, respectively. For analyzing the data, descriptive and inferential statistical methods were used path analysis. According to the results, a significant relationship was between communication skills and leadership styles and organizational effectiveness. The results showed the sports fit structural equation model is broadly appropriate. The results of path analysis model communication skills, leadership styles and organizational effectiveness conceptual models represent the results confirmed the suitability of the structural equation model (RMSEA = 0/54, GFI= 0/91, AGFI=0/90). It is recommended that communication skills, as one of the factors affecting the selection of managers for sports organizations, to be considered by the trustees.