The Relationship of Peer Leader's Behavior with Team Commitment and Team Effectiveness among futsal Players

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship of peer leader's behavior with team commitment and team effectiveness among shahrood futsal teams. This research is descriptive- correlational type. The research population consisted of all shahrood futsal teams players (N= 200). All players completed questionnaires and analyzed as study sample. In order to data gathering used of multifactor leadership (Bass & Avolio, 1995), team commitment (Scanlan, et al., 2004) and team effectiveness (Larson & Lafasto, 2001) scales. To analyze the data used of Cronbach's alpha, Pearson correlation and structural equation modeling. Findings indicated that transformational leadership style of peers has direct, positive and significant effect on commitment and team effectiveness. Also transformational style indirectly through team commitment has positive and significant effect on team effectiveness. Team commitment as a mediator variable has direct and positive effect on team effectiveness. Endogenous Variables’ R-Square indicated that 30% and 23% of team effectiveness and team commitment variance respectively is explained by exogenous variables. Finally, Results indicate that the peer leaders’ behavior has created a higher level of commitment within the team and the commitment increase the effectiveness of the team.