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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Psychol.
Sec. Organizational Psychology
Volume 16 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1534812
The Interactive Effects of Emotional Leadership and Resilience on Job Satisfaction and Organizational Commitment among Korean Youth Sports Instructors
Provisionally accepted- 1 Dongshin University, Naju, South Jeolla, Republic of Korea
- 2 Shinhan University, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
- 3 Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- 4 Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
This study aims to provide practical insights for developing intervention strategies to enhance organizational effectiveness in Korean youth physical education facilities by examining the interactive effects of resilience and emotional leadership on job satisfaction and organizational commitment. To achieve this objective, data were collected from 205 physical education instructors working in Korean youth physical education facilities as of 2024, and partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) was employed for analysis. The results revealed a significant interaction effect between resilience and the personal competency dimension of emotional leadership on job satisfaction. These findings indicate that instructors’ perceived emotional leadership and their resilience mutually influence their level of job satisfaction. Accordingly, it is recommended that future empirical research investigate the appropriate level of emotional leadership based on the characteristics of physical education instructors. Furthermore, the insights gained from this study are expected to provide a theoretical foundation for understanding the interactive relationship between emotional leadership and resilience, while also offering practical implications for developing effective human resource management strategies tailored to the unique environment of Korean youth physical education facilities.
Keywords: Emotional leadership, resilience, Job Satisfaction, organizational commitment, interactive effects
Received: 27 Nov 2024; Accepted: 31 Mar 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Jung, JUNG, Kang and Jeong. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence:
Kwon Hyuk Jeong, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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