Effect of Leadership Styles on Job Excitement by Mediating Women's Glass Gulf in Islamic Republic of Iran's Sport

The study is to identify the effect of leadership styles on job enthusiasm with the mediating role of their glass cliff phenomenon in female managers of sports organizations of Iran. The methodology of this research is applied in terms of purpose and data collection was descriptive-correlation that was done as a survey. The statistical population was all female managers working in sports organizations throughout the country. The statistical sample of this study was selected according to the unlimited population using the random cluster sampling method (n=400). The research tools were Chalushtari Transformational-Interactive Leadership Styles Questionnaire (2010), Lab Service Server Leadership (1999), Shaofli and Salanova's Job Enthusiasm (2007) and Nasiri Cliff Glass (2015). The validity of the questionnaires was confirmed by sports experts. The reliability of the questionnaires was calculated through Cronbach's alpha of 0/87, 0/89, 0/90 and 0/87, respectively. Data analysis using descriptive and inferential statistics and with the help of SPSS & PLS softwares occurred. The results showed that there is a negative and significant effect between the leadership styles of managers and the phenomenon of glass cliff and between the phenomenon of glass clif on women's job desire. Leadership styles also affect managers' job enthusiasm. Finally, the positive and significant effect of managers' leadership style on job enthusiasm was confirmed through the mediating role of glass cliff. Overall, based on the findings of the study, it can be stated that given today's changes, especially in the environment where women are managers, managers can be effective in increasing women's job aspirations by using leadership styles and dimensions.