Does Perceived Management Style Affect Decision-Making Self-Esteem? A Study on Sports Managers

This research is carried out to examine the relationship between perceived managerial management styles and decision-making self-esteem (self-respect). The research is accomplished with the participation of 161 managers, 138 (85.7%) male and 23 (14.3%) female working in public and private sports institutions in Sakarya. The data are obtained by face-to-face survey technique from people determined by convenient sampling method. Descriptive statistics and structural equation modeling are used in the analysis of the data. According to the results of the research, a positive and significant relationship is found between the decision-making self-esteem of the participants and the autocratic and liberal management styles of their managers. A significant negative correlation is found between the decision-making self-esteem (DSE) and the democratic management (DM) approach of administrators. According to the managerial level, it is determined that while DM negatively affects the DSE in lower and middle level managers, this effect is insignificant. On the other hand, while the effect of autocratic management (AM) on DSE is positive and statistically significant in lower level managers, are negative and statistically insignificant middle level managers. Finally, while the effect of laissez-faire leadership (FLM) on DSE in lower level managers is not found to be positive and statistically significant, it is found to be positive and statistically significant in middle level managers.