Perceptions of coaches' leadership style among KARiSMA futsal players / Mohamad Nor Iqmal Noor Hadi

This study was conducted with its own purpose, which is to measure the perception of coaches’ leadership style among KARiSMA futsal players and the differences based on gender, age and level of participation. Method: This study involved a total of two hundred and twenty-eight (n=228) futsal players that is currently presenting their own campus to KARiSMA. Data was collected using Leadership Scale for Sports (LSS) by Chelladurai and Saleh (1980) has a proper modification to measure the perception of coaches’ leadership style among KARiSMA futsal players. The data that were obtained are analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) Version 22.0. Independent Sample T-Test were used to measure the significant different between gender, age and level of participation among KARiSMA athletes. Results: . Independent sample t-test showed there is a significant different between gender and coaches’ leadership style in Autocratic Behaviour (M = 3.05, SD = .73, p<.05) Figure 4.8 showed the independent sample t- test result, based on mean value (table 4.5) male futsal players in KARiSMA has higher perception in coaches’ leadership style than female in Autocratic Behaviour ( M = 3.O5, SD = 73).