Effect of coaches leadership style on players self esteem in selected ethiopian premier league football clubs

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.