THE COMPARISON OF SELF ESTEEM BETWEEN VOLUNTEER AND NON VOLUNTEER STUDENTS IN UNIVERSITIES SPORT IN IRAN
Authors Reza Andam.
noshinbenar@yahoo.com
Shahrood University of Technology
P.O.Box: 3619995161-316, Shahrood, Iran

Asieh Ghorbanian Rajabi.
noshinbenar@yahoo.com
Shomal University
P.O.Box 731, Amol, Mazandaran, Iran

Nooshin Benar.
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Guilan University of Iran
P.O. Box 1841, Rasht, Iran

Seied Shahoo Hosseini.
noshinbenar@yahoo.com
Shomal University
P.O.Box 731, Amol, Mazandaran, Iran

Abstract Studies three concepts of transformational, transactional and laissez-faire leaderships as three independent and individual dimensions. This field study is descriptive and correlative. Statistical population of this study is the volunteer students in universities' sport associations of 10 regions of the country. Among 73 universities, 17 had active sport associations. Based on Morgan table, 231 students were selected as statistical sample (n=231) from which the results of 208 questionnaires were analyzed. Bass and Avolio (1995) Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ) was used to measure managers' leadership style of the universities' sport administrations. This questionnaire includes 41 questions with 5-value Lickert scale (1=never to 5=always). Choosing satisfaction from experiencing as the most important dimension of satisfaction shows volunteers' high level of satisfaction from experiences they have acquired in universities sport associations. The reason of this fact is that sport activity in the association is long term in nature. Sport association provides the students an opportunity to experience and use their experiences in their sport and work life. This study illustrates that girls are more satisfied than boys in all satisfaction dimensions (especially acquiring experience, career, commitment, and material) in sport associations. Researches show that female students' satisfaction is more than male students' satisfaction and women's job satisfaction is more than men's job satisfaction. Thus, the higher degree of job satisfaction and experiencing in female students seems more justifying. Also, it's been cleared that sport students were more satisfied than other students in all satisfaction dimensions (especially acquiring experience, career, purposeful, and commitment)
Key words volunteer; student; leaderships; sport; associations; career; purposeful; commitment;
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Volume 3
Year 2012
Title of Journal Fiziceskoe vospitanie studentov=Physical Education of Students
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