The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of authentic and charismatic leadership of fencing coaches on the performance and life satisfaction of the athletes by collecting data from 458 middle high school student athletes who participat...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of authentic and charismatic leadership of fencing coaches on the performance and life satisfaction of the athletes by collecting data from 458 middle high school student athletes who participated in the 42th Korea President Cup National Fencing Championship held in H gun, J do and performing frequency analysis, factor analysis, ANOVA, independent samping t-test, correlation analysis and multiple regression analysis using SPSS 20.0, a statistics program. The results are as follows.
First, the authentic leadership of fencing coaches perceived by the athletes were higher in first and second grade than third grade of high school, in extra than main athletes and in the athletes possessing one or two experiences of awards than possessing no experiences in single or group, and were lowest in athletes exercising 3-4 hours and in sabre athletes.
Second, the charismatic leadership of fencing coaches perceived by the athletes were higher in middle school and than third grade of high school and in the athletes possessing one or two experiences of awards than possessing no experiences in single or group, and were lowest in athletes exercising 3-4 hours and in sabre athletes.
Third, the performance of fencing athletes were higher in women than men, and high in athletes exercising 3-4 hours and low in the athletes possessing one or two experiences of awards.
Fourth, the life satisfaction was higher in extra than main athletes.
Fifth, there were positive correlations among sub-factors of authentic leadership (self awareness, self regulation relational transparency), of charismatic leadership (pursuing results, vision creation), of performance (performance) and of life satisfaction (life satisfaction).
Sixth, it was determined that the relational transparency of authentic leadership have positive effects on the performance of fencing athletes and self awareness have positive effects on the life satisfaction.
Seventh, it was determined that the vision creation of charismatic leadership have positive effects on the performance of fencing athletes and both pursing results and vision creation have positive effects on life satisfaction.