本研究目的,即在探討職棒與業餘球員對總教練威權領導行為在領導信任及滿意度等效能的影響效果。本研究以台灣六支職業棒球隊選手149人與六支大專棒球隊選手196人,共計345人做為研究對象。施以「棒球教練威權領導行為量表」、「領導信任量表」及「工作滿意量表」為測量工具來進行比較檢視。研究結果發現:在總教練威權領導中的紀律精神領導行為的確有助於提升球員對總教練的領導信任,促進球員對總教練領導的滿意度及提升球員對個人及球隊表現的滿意度;至於教誨訓示領導行為則有損於總教練與球員之間的關係品質,導致球員對總教練的領導信任及領導滿意度降低,進而影響個人的成績表現。此外,本研究結果也顯示總教練的威權領導行為在領導信任及各項領導滿意度上,職業與業餘團隊的影響型態相類似。最後,再針對本研究結果的發現提出討論及未來的研究方向。
This study explored the effect of authoritarian leadership of baseball coaches on professional and amateur baseball players' trust in and level of satisfaction with their leadership. The subjects of this study were composed of 345 baseball players, 149 from Taiwan's six professional baseball teams and 196 from six collegiate teams. They were asked to complete forms covering authoritarian leadership of baseball coaches, trust in coaches' leadership, and job satisfaction. The results showed that disciplinarian leadership among coaches had the effect of increasing players' trust in their leadership as well as promoting satisfaction with their leadership ability and increasing players' satisfaction with their own performance and that of their teams. On the other hand, prescriptive leadership of coaches had the effect of damaging the quality of the relationship between coaches and players, decreased levels of trust in and satisfaction with their leadership, and ultimately affected the performance of the players. In addition, this research showed that the relationship between authoritarian leadership of coaches and trust in and satisfaction with their leadership is similar among professional and amateur players. Finally, the results of this study were discussed and directions for future research were proposed.