The Relationship Between Weightlifting Trainers' Leadership Characteristics and their Leadership Strength as per the Perceptions of Athletes

The research was designed with correlational research model, one of the quantitative approaches. In the selection of the research group, purposeful sampling approaches and convenience sampling method were applied. The research group consists of 351 weightlifters, 136 women and 215 men. The data were obtained using the Personal Information Form, Sports Leadership Scale (SLS) and Sport Leadership Strength Scale-Other (SLSS-O). Relevant Statistical analysis was applied to interpret the data. Consequently, low-level positive correlations between SLS and all sub-dimension mean scores of SLSS-O were determined.