Aleksandar Milojevic, Emilija Markovic, Petar Mitic

Management represents the activity which has a major importance for the efficiency of performing in any professional area, as well as in sports performing. Different approaches stress different management styles, but the three once defined by Lickert (autocratic, democratic and laissez-faire) are the basic ones. The contingency approach stresses the importance of situational factors for the choice of an optimal management style. The preferences of management style depend on many factors, but personality traits have the major importance. In this investigation, we have chosen the traits of aggressiveness and anxiety which are very important for sport efficiency. These traits have been correlated to the preference of an autocratic, democratic and integrative-situational management style. The investigation has been conducted on a sample of 48 participants. The results show the correlation between aggressiveness and the preference of the autocratic management style and the correlation between anxiety and preference of the democratic management style.

Keywords: aggressiveness, anxiety, management style

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