The Effect of the Task-Oriented Leadership Style of Coaches on the Moral Decision-Making of the Players of the Iraqi National Athletics Team with the Mediating Role of Team Satisfaction | [Pakistan Journal of Life and Social Sciences • 2025]

Author(s):

1. Najah Al-Husseini: Faculty of Sports Sciences, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran

2. Seyed Mohammad Kashef: Faculty of Sports Sciences, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran

3. Roghayeh Sarlab: Faculty of Sports Sciences, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran

Abstract:

There are many stakeholders around every decision; Some of them are influential decisions and some of them are influential decisions. The purpose of this study was the effect of the task-oriented leadership style of the coaches on the ethical decision-making of the players of the Iraqi national athletics team with the mediating role of team satisfaction. The research method of the present study is descriptive and contextual. The statistical population of the research included all the employees of the Iraqi Athletics Federation, players, coaches and supervisors of the athletics teams in the practical part and university professors in the scientific part. Due to the impossibility of accessing all members, 150 people were selected as a sample through stratified random sampling. Cochran's formula was used to determine the sample size. To measure the validity of the questionnaires, 7 sports management professors were consulted. The reliability of the questionnaires was calculated in a preliminary study with 30 people from the statistical sample through Cronbach's alpha coefficient. In this research, descriptive statistics and structural equation model were used to analyze the data obtained through the questionnaire. Descriptive statistics (mean, standard deviation and prevalence percentage) were used to describe the demographic characteristics, Cronbach's alpha was used to determine the reliability of the questionnaires, and structural equation model methodology was used to analyze and test the research hypotheses. . Quantitative data analysis was done using SPSS25 software and PLS version 3 software. The results showed that the duty-oriented leadership style of the coaches has a direct, positive and significant relationship with the level of ethical decision-making. The results showed that the task-oriented leadership style of the coaches has a positive and significant relationship on the ethical decision-making of the players with the mediating role of team satisfaction. The results showed that team satisfaction has a direct, positive and significant relationship with the level of ethical decision making. In general, team satisfaction is influenced by factors such as self-efficacy, perception of decision-making processes, ethical leadership, emotional support and cultural sensitivity. Regarding the relationship between team satisfaction and ethical decision-making, it is suggested; The emotional and cultural aspects of the players should be on the agenda of the coaches to achieve team satisfaction.

Page(s): 281-291

DOI: 10.57239/PJLSS-2025-23.1.0024

Published: Journal: Pakistan Journal of Life and Social Sciences, Volume: 23, Issue: 1, Year: 2025

Keywords:

TaskOriented Leadership Ethical DecisionMaking Team Satisfaction Athletics Iraq

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