Self-leadership strategies and career success: insight on sports organizations

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the direct and indirect relationship between self-leadership strategies and career success, using self-efficacy as a mediator. Design/methodology/approach A quantitative methods approach was used to gather the data, using a sample of 418 registered...

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Published in:Sport, business and management business and management, 2018-09, Vol.8 (4), p.393-409
Main Author: Megheirkouni, Majd
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Behavior
Career development planning
Careers
Employees
Empowerment
Influence
Job satisfaction
Leadership
Motivation
Nonprofit organizations
Perceptions
Profits
Researchers
Self-efficacy
Studies
Success
Variables
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Summary:Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the direct and indirect relationship between self-leadership strategies and career success, using self-efficacy as a mediator. Design/methodology/approach A quantitative methods approach was used to gather the data, using a sample of 418 registered individuals in sports organizations. Findings The results revealed that there is a significant relationship between self-leadership strategies and self-efficacy, and between self-efficacy and career success. Further, self-efficacy was found to fully mediate the relationship between the self-leadership and career success. Research limitations/implications The paper provides an insight into the direct and indirect relationships between self-leadership and career success. In addition, this paper suggests future directions that researchers can undertake to advance self-leadership in the field of leadership research and the area of sport leadership. Originality/value Self-leadership has become an essential need today for most leadership roles in sport settings. The present study also advances self-leadership research in sport settings.
ISSN:2042-678X
2042-6798
DOI:10.1108/SBM-02-2018-0006