The role of emotional intelligence and leadership style of coaches in Success motivation and commitment of elite wrestlers in Iran.

Abstract The purpose of this research is the role of emotional intelligence and leadership style of coaches in Success motivation and commitment of elite wrestlers in Iran. this research was purposeful and used in terms of strategy. The statistical population of the study consisted of all wrestlers present in the first half of the 1396 in the national team, which numbered 156 of them. Due to the limited statistical population, the number of samples was considered equal to the statistical population. for collect information,The emotional intelligence Questionnaire of Lan and et.al(2009), Leadership Style of Chelladurai (1980), the Success motivation of Robertz and Torshou (1998) and the Sports Engagement Oskanlan and et.al (1993) were used. The combined reliability of the questionnaires was 0.71, 0.74, 0.70, 0.81, respectively. For analyzing the data, descriptive statistics and inferential statistics such as Kolmogorov-Smirnov test and structural equation model were used.The results of the research showed that the effect of emotional intelligence of coaches in success motivation (β=0.925), on commitment (β=0.799) and social support style of coaches in success motivation (β=0.837), on commitment (β=0.817) and Positive feedback style of coaches in success motivation (β=0.668) and on commitment (β=0.639) at alpha level (α=0.05) was significant. Therefore, it can be said that the emotional intelligence and leadership styles mentioned in the success motivation and wrestler's sports commitment have a positive and Meaningful.