Evaluation of the Correlation between Decision-Making Styles and Burnout Levels of the Team-Trainers Who Competed in Regional Amateur League

Abstract

The current study was done in order to discover whether or not there was a difference between decision-making styles and burnout levels of the team-trainers who competed in regional amateur league. The population of the study was composed of 160 team-trainers who competed in regional amateur league of Turkish Football Federation during 2012-2013 football season. The sample of the study was consisted of 95 team-trainers who were selected from the population with random sampling method. As the data collection tool; "Melbourne Decision-Making Questionnaire" Turkish adaptation of which was performed by Deniz (2004) and "Maslach Burnout Inventory" and Turkish adaptation of which was performed by Ergin (1992) were employed. According to the findings obtained from the study; it was found out that there was a correlation between subscales of self-esteem in decision-making and decision-making scale, and their burnout levels as far as correlation coefficient results were concerned. (C) 2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.