Liu Yifan, Ali Abyot Abdela, Pan Jiawen, Xiao Yi
China Table Tennis College, Shanghai University of Sport, Shangha, 200438, People's Republic of China.
School of Economics and Management, Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai, 200438, People's Republic of China.
Sci Rep. 2024 Dec 28;14(1):30875. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-81788-y.
The research explored the impacts of diverse leadership styles on employee performance in Ethiopian sports organizations. It specifically examined the mediating effects of job satisfaction and the moderating impact of education level. In this study a cross-sectional survey design was employed, with 463 participants from various sports organizations. Validated scales were used for the data collection of leadership styles, job satisfaction, and employee performance. The analysis of the data was conducted using descriptive statistics and structural equation modeling with software SPSS and Smart PLS4. The findings indicated that the perceived transformational leadership approach showed the strongest positive correlation with job satisfaction and employee performance, followed by the transactional leadership approach. In contrast, the laissez-faire leadership interaction with both employee job satisfaction and performance was demonstrated negatively. Job satisfaction was partially mediated in the relation between all three leadership styles and employee performance. Moreover, education level moderated the interaction between transformational leadership and job satisfaction. Drawing upon these findings, recommendations were provided for Ethiopian sports organizations to improve leadership styles and enhance employee performance, with a focus on understanding the mediating effect of job satisfaction and moderating effect of education level.
该研究探讨了不同领导风格对埃塞俄比亚体育组织员工绩效的影响。它特别考察了工作满意度的中介作用以及教育水平的调节作用。在本研究中，采用了横断面调查设计，有来自不同体育组织的463名参与者。使用经过验证的量表来收集领导风格、工作满意度和员工绩效的数据。使用描述性统计和软件SPSS及Smart PLS4进行结构方程建模对数据进行分析。研究结果表明，感知到的变革型领导方式与工作满意度和员工绩效呈现出最强的正相关，其次是交易型领导方式。相比之下，放任型领导与员工工作满意度和绩效的相互作用均呈现出负相关。工作满意度在所有三种领导风格与员工绩效之间的关系中起到部分中介作用。此外，教育水平调节了变革型领导与工作满意度之间的相互作用。基于这些发现，为埃塞俄比亚体育组织提供了建议，以改进领导风格并提高员工绩效，重点是理解工作满意度的中介作用和教育水平的调节作用。
