Designing model of coach's humility, knowledge sharing and group diversity with the creativity of Iranian volleyball players

Subject Areas : Others

Sanaz  Royatvand ¹ (Department of sports management, Central Tehran Baranch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran)
Zahra  Haji Anzehaei ² (Department of Sports Management, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran)
Zinat  Nikaein ³ (Department of Sports Management, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran)

Received: 2022-09-22 Accepted : 2022-11-12 Published : 2022-11-22

Keywords: Coach', Knowledge Sharing, Creativity, s Humility, Group Diversity, Players',

Abstract :

The general purpose of the current research was to test the communication model of the coach's humility, knowledge sharing and group diversity with the creativity of the Iranian premier volleyball league players. The research type was of a descriptive-correlation. The statistical population of this research was made up of all the players and coaches of 9 women's volleyball premier league teams. The sampling method was taken as a whole number (126 people). The coach's humility questionnaire, players' creativity, knowledge sharing, extroversion and openness questionnaire were used. Confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling were used to analyze the data. Also, SPSS software version 26 and Smart Pls software version 3 were used in this research. The results showed that there is no significant relationship between the humility of the coach and knowledge sharing among of the Iranian volleyball premier league players. In addition, a significant positive relationship was obtained between knowledge sharing and players' creativity. Knowledge sharing does not play a mediating role in the relationship between the coach's humility and the players' creativity. Also, openness had a significant moderating role in the relationship between the coach's humility and the knowledge sharing in of the Iranian premier volleyball league players, while the moderating role of extroversion was not significant in the relationship between the coach's humility and the knowledge sharing in the Iranian premier volleyball league players. Therefore, it is suggested that the coaches committee of the volleyball federation organize training courses to familiarize coaches with coaching styles.

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