Presenting a Model of the Relationship Between Leadership Style and Attitude Towards Change

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1 Ph.D. Candidate of Sport Management,Ardabil Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ardabil, Iran

2 Department of Physical Education and sport sciences, Faculty of Education and Psychology, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran

3 Assistant Professor of Sport Management,Ardabil Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ardabil, Iran

Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of this research was to provide a model of the relationship between leadership style and attitude towards change through the mediation of moral intelligence.
Methods: The method used in this research was correlation type in terms of implementation and strategy and was specifically based on the structural equation model. The statistical population of this research included all managers of sports teams in Alborz province (336 persen), according to Morgan's table, the number of statistical samples was equal to 179 people who were randomly selected from the statistical population. To collect data, three standard questionnaires were used, Hersey and Blanchard's leadership style (1989) and Jung's attitude towards change (2004), and to check moral intelligence, Link and Keel's standard questionnaire (2011) was used, and by using the software Statistical tools (SPSS and SmartPLS) were used to analyze the data.
Results: The results of structural equation modeling showed that there is a relationship between leadership style, attitude towards change and moral intelligence of managers of sports teams in Alborz province. On the other hand, there is a relationship between moral intelligence and the attitude towards the change of managers of the organization. Then the results of the Sobel test showed that moral intelligence mediates the relationship between leadership style and managers' attitude towards change.
Conclusion: The results of the research showed that leadership style is related to attitude towards change and moral intelligence.

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Research in Sport Management and Marketing
Volume 3, Issue 4
October 2022
Pages 75-88

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