RESEARCHING THE DIMENSIONS OF LEADERSHIP OF SPORTS MANAGERS IN A PUBLIC INSTITUTION

Sports management is a profession that requires very important qualifications in line with the general goals and principles of sports. One of these qualities and the most important is that he is an example and leader to those under his command and those around him. In this study, the leadership dimensions of sports managers working in a public institution were investigated and examined. The working group of the research consists of the administrators working within the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, Spor Istanbul AŞ. There are 114 managers working within the body of Spor İstanbul AŞ on a voluntary basis. Data collection tools used in research; demographic information questionnaire and Self-Leadership Scale developed by Anderson and Prussia (1997) and adapted to Turkish by Tabak, Sığrı and Türköz (2013) were used. The analysis of the data obtained within the scope of the research was carried out in the SPSS 25.0 program. It was determined that the data did not show normal distribution. In this direction, Kruskal Wallis test, one of the nonparametric tests, was used. The analyzes were evaluated at a 95% confidence interval (p <0.05). As a result of the analysis, it was seen that the self-leadership scale results of sports managers were high. In addition, a significant difference was found between the groups according to age, education level and professional experience. In this context, training, seminars, conferences, workshops, etc. for the development of leadership qualities of sports managers. editable; It has been suggested to plan various organizations within the scope of the relevant institutions and organizations.