Abstract
The present study utilized the concept of commitment to explain the impact of managerial support on elite coaches’ behaviour in professional football. Specifically, we aimed to examine the level of organizational commitment and managerial support according to the coaching level as well as the league categories of those elite football coaches. Furthermore, we hypothesized that managerial support would predict organizational commitment in elite football. Our sample comprised 300 football coaches drawn from the professional league categories. They completed the organizational commitment scale developed by Allen and Meyer (1990; 1991) and the perceived managerial support questionnaire developed by Giray and Sahin (2012) followed by the inform consent in addition to the information sheet. Results of the present study revealed a significant difference between the level of elite coaches’ organizational commitment and the perceived managerial support especially in terms of their coaching level and the league category. More interestingly, the results from the current study provide the evidence that managerial support predicts elite coaches’ organizational support in professional football. The significance of this research rests in the insight provided into the managerial support that how coaches’ organizational commitment effects and therefore their behaviour through the commitment to the club. We discuss the results in the context of specific dimensions in organizational behaviour in a coaching environment.
Highlights
The present study utilized the concept of commitment to explain the impact of managerial support on elite coaches’ behaviour in professional football
There is no research on elite coaches that focused on the effect of perceived managerial support on the coaches’ organizational commitment in football
Results obtained from the current study revealed that the coaches who are working with a higher (Pro Licence) or a lower level (B Licence) of coaching licence are not associated with the level of the organizational commitment and the perceived managerial support in football context
Summary
The present study utilized the concept of commitment to explain the impact of managerial support on elite coaches’ behaviour in professional football. Our sample comprised 300 football coaches drawn from the professional league categories They completed the organizational commitment scale developed by Allen and Meyer (1990; 1991) and the perceived managerial support questionnaire developed by Giray and Sahin (2012) followed by the inform consent in addition to the information sheet. Results of the present study revealed a significant difference between the level of elite coaches’ organizational commitment and the perceived managerial support especially in terms of their coaching level and the league category. There is no research on elite coaches (e.g., especially at professional level) that focused on the effect of perceived managerial support on the coaches’ organizational commitment in football. The purpose of this study was to explore elite coaches' perception and its effectiveness of the managerial support to their organizational commitment
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