Abstract:
The purpose of this study was assesses the effect of coaching style on players’ self-esteem in
selected Ethiopian premier league football clubs. This study used Cross-sectional research
design. Data were collected through semi-structured interview and standardized
questionnaires. Sebata city, Jimma Aba Jifar, Adama city and Ethiopia Buna premier league
football clubs were selected (n =100) using purposive sampling technique. Player’s self-esteem
was used as dependent variable of the study which was measured by standard questionnaire
(Orth& Robbins, 2014) while leadership style was taken as independent variable for this study
which was measured by standard questionnaire. Data were processed using SPSS version 25.
Accordingly, linear regression analysis was used to analyze the effect of coaches’ leadership
style on player’s self-esteem. Moreover, qualitative analysis would be used to support
quantitative analysis. The result of this study shows that there was significant effect of coaching
leadership style on athlete’s performance (P = .000). The finding of this suggests that Ethiopian
premier league football coaches’ style affected football player’s self-esteem. The study
recommends that coaches and club better to scale-up self-esteem football players using
different psychological therapy.
