The Role of Leadership in Generating Financial and Nonfinancial Outcomes at Sports Clubs, from the Perspectives of Club Staff Members

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his study aimed to investigate the leadership practices needed for generating financial and nonfinancial outcomes at sports clubs, investigate the barriers to leadership practices needed for generating financial and nonfinancial outcomes at sports clubs, and reveal the existence of statistically significant differences at the significance level of (0.05) on the questionnaires' axes and its total score, as regards the variables (gender – years of experience). The population of the study consisted of all staff members at Saudi sports coaches. The final sample included (70) individuals. The study adopted the analytical descriptive approach, and data was collected using questionnaires. Findings of the study include the following: leadership practices necessary for generating financial and non-financial outcomes at sports clubs were rated (high) by sample members; barriers to leadership practices necessary for generating financial and non-financial outcomes at sports clubs were rated (very high) by sample members; and no statistically significant differences were found at the significance level of (0.05) among sample members' responses, as regards the variables of gender and years of experience. Recommendations of the study include the following:  the necessity of paying attention to strengths and weaknesses in sports clubs; working on increasing clubs' participation in Arab, regional, and international tournaments; and conducting further similar research targeting other environments, regions, and sports communities in Saudi Arabia and comparing their findings with those of the present study.