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The Mediating Role of Athletic Satisfaction in the Effect of Justice Expectation Regarding Coach Behavior on Team Commitment

Antrenör Davranışlarına İlişkin Adalet Beklentisinin Takım Bağlılığına Etkisinde Sportif Memnuniyetin Aracılık Rolü

Orçun Ocakoğlu(MARMARA UNIVERSITY, FACULTY OF SPORTS SCIENCE, DEPARTMENT OF SPORTS MANAGEMENT)0000-0002-0905-2785
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28–40
Publication Date
2026-05-31
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These results show that when fair treatment expectations of the athletes are met, their athletic satisfaction will be positively effected, their team commitment will increase, and team performance may be improved in this way.

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Objective & Hypothesis:The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between athletes’ perceptions of justice regarding coaches’ behavior in sports organizations and their team commitment and sports satisfaction, and to test the mediating role of sports satisfaction in this relationship.
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Key Findings & Data:The study employed maximum variation sampling, one of the purposive sampling methods, and 298 athletes from foreign soccer teams attending training camps at multipurpose sports facilities in Antalya voluntarily participated in the study.
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Conclusion & Impact:These results show that when fair treatment expectations of the athletes are met, their athletic satisfaction will be positively effected, their team commitment will increase, and team performance may be improved in this way.
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⚙️Variables:Sportif Adalet Beklentisi · Sportif Memnuniyet · Takım Bağlılığı

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The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between athletes’ perceptions of justice regarding coaches’ behavior in sports organizations and their team commitment and sports satisfaction, and to test the mediating role of sports satisfaction in this relationship. The study addresses the concept of organizational justice within a sports context, evaluating it within the framework of sports justice. It adopts a new approach that, in conjunction with the theory of met-expectation, reveals the relationship between athletes’ perceptions of justice formed following their actual experiences within the team and their sports satisfaction and team commitment. The study employed maximum variation sampling, one of the purposive sampling methods, and 298 athletes from foreign soccer teams attending training camps at multipurpose sports facilities in Antalya voluntarily participated in the study. Data were collected using a cross-sectional research design via paper-and-pencil questionnaires. The validity and reliability of the measurement model, consisting of scales for expectations of sports justice, job satisfaction, and organizational commitment, were tested using DFA, CR, AVE, and Cronbach’s Alpha tests; the relationships among the variables in the study’s conceptual model were examined using SEM, and the mediating role was analyzed using the Bootstrap method. As the result, met athletic justice expectation has statistically significant and positive relationship with team commitment and athletic satisfaction; athletic satisfaction has statistically significant and positive relationship with team commitment. Besides, it was seen that athletic satisfaction plays mediating role in the relationship between met athletic justice expectancy and team commitment. These results show that when fair treatment expectations of the athletes are met, their athletic satisfaction will be positively effected, their team commitment will increase, and team performance may be improved in this way.

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Bu çalışmanın amacı, spor örgütlerindeki sporcuların antrenör davranışlarına ilişkin adalet algılarının, takım bağlılığı ve sportif memnuniyetle ilişkisini inceleyerek, bu ilişkide sportif memnuniyetin aracılık rolünü test etmektir. Çalışma, örgütsel adalet kavramını spor bağlamında ele alarak sportif adalet çerçevesinde değerlendirmiş ve karşılanan beklenti teorisi ile birlikte sporcuların takımda yaşadığı gerçek deneyimler sonrası oluşan adalet algılarının, sportif memnuniyet ve takım bağlılığıyla ilişkisini ortaya koyan yeni bir yaklaşımı benimsemiştir. Araştırmada amaçsal örnekleme yöntemlerinden maksimum çeşitlilik örneklemesi kullanılmış ve Antalya’daki çok amaçlı spor tesislerine kampa gelen yabancı futbol takımlarının 298 sporcusu gönüllü olarak çalışmaya katılmıştır. Kesitsel araştırma tasarımıyla veriler kağıt-kalem ile anket doldurma şeklinde toplanmıştır. Sportif adalet beklentisi, iş memnuniyeti ve örgütsel bağlılık ölçeklerinden oluşan ölçme modelinin geçerlik ve güvenilirliği DFA, CR, AVE, Cronbach Alpha testleri ile sınanmış, araştırmanın kavramsal modelindeki değişkenlerin ilişkisi YEM aracılığıyla incelenmiş, aracılık rolü ise Bootstrap yöntemi ile analiz edilmiştir. Sonuç olarak, karşılanan sportif adalet beklentisinin hem takım bağlılığı hem de sportif memnuniyetle; sportif memnuniyetin de takım bağlılığı ile anlamlı ve pozitif yönde ilişkili olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Aynı zamanda sportif memnuniyetin, karşılanan sportif adalet beklentisi ile takım bağlılığı arasındaki ilişkide aracı rolünü üstlendiği anlaşılmıştır. Bu sonuçlar, sporcuların adil muamele beklentilerinin karşılanması halinde, sportif memnuniyetlerinin bu durumdan olumlu yönde etkileneceğini, takım bağlılıklarının artacağını ve takım performansının bu yolla geliştirilebileceğini göstermiştir.

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Ocakoğlu, O. (2026). The Mediating Role of Athletic Satisfaction in the Effect of Justice Expectation Regarding Coach Behavior on Team Commitment. Spor ve Bilim Dergisi, Cilt: 4 Sayı: 2, 28–40. https://ajindex.com/articles/1646586

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