• TESFAYE BOKE OYOMO*
• PROF. N. VIJAY MOHAN**

Abstract Purposes of this study were to identify the leadership style of coaches, player satisfaction and relationship between leadership style of the coaches and player satisfaction. This study comprises of 168 volleyball club players in Ethiopia. This study was conducted during the competition period 2017 to 2018. This was during competition season (on season). A descriptive study is used in carrying out this research. Two instruments, revised version Leadership Scale for Sport (LSS) by Chelladurai and Saleh’s (1980) and Athlete Satisfaction Questionnaire (ASQ) by Riemer and Chelladurai (1998) were used to examined coaching leadership style and athletes satisfaction on volleyball club players in Ethiopia. The data was analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) the descriptive analyses of the data were analyzed using by frequencies, percentage, means, and standard deviations for each item. For the purpose of correlation, Pearson’s product Moment Correlation coefficient was used. Correlation was done with leadership style against athlete satisfaction. The level of significance was set at p ≤0.05. The result of the study revealed that volleyball club players were more preferred Training and instruction leadership behavior which had the highest mean score (M = 4.07, SD = .71) and followed by preferred Democratic behavior (M = 3.86, SD = .77), preferred Social support behavior (M = 3.77, SD = .83), preferred Positive feedback behavior (M = 3.55, SD = .85), preferred Autocratic behavior (M = 3.42, SD =.87) and perceived Training and instruction behavior (M = 3.85, SD = .85) followed by Perceived Democratic behavior (M = 3.60, SD = .88), perceived Social support behavior (M = 3.55, SD = .99), perceive Positive feedback (M = 3.33, SD = .97), and perceive Autocratic behavior (M = 3.24, SD = .94). The preferred and perceived of Autocratic behavior was the least leadership behavior by volleyball club players. Team performance satisfaction (M = 2.27, SD = .58) and Personal treatment satisfaction (M = 2.27, SD = .50) was the most important subscale influencing athlete satisfaction in volleyball club players. Analyzed of the mean scores showed that Training and instruction (M = 2.22, SD = .57) was the next highest mean scored for athlete satisfaction and Individual performance satisfaction (M = 2.21, SD = .66) were the lowest rated satisfied for athlete satisfaction. Also the research result has indicted that the majority correlations were weak positive and insignificant relationship between leadership style and athlete satisfaction except Training and instruction satisfaction and perception of Training and instruction leadership style, which were found weak negative and significant relationship (r = -.092, p≤0.05). Hence, it was recommended that volleyball coaches should provide more Training and instruction, Democratic, Positive feedback and Social support leadership style and employ his/her skill and knowledge to train techniques, tactics and give emphasis for the mastery of skill in order to increase the level of achievement and satisfaction. And also coaches should understand factors that lead players to higher level of satisfaction in order to be more successful and effective in his/her specific clubs.

Key words: Coaching, Leadership style, Athletes’, Satisfaction.

"COACHING LEADERSHIP STYLES AND ATHLETES SATISFACTION ON VOLLEYBALL CLUBS IN ETHIOPIA.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 1, page no.558-568, January-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1901874.pdf

"COACHING LEADERSHIP STYLES AND ATHLETES SATISFACTION ON VOLLEYBALL CLUBS IN ETHIOPIA.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 1, page no. pp558-568, January-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1901874.pdf