THE INFLUENCE OF MANAGEMENT STYLES ON THE MOTIVATION AND SATISFACTION OF THE FITNESS CLUBS’ PERSONAL

Introduction. The article examines the peculiarities of leadership styles in fitness clubs in Ukraine and Europe. The level of staff satisfaction with motivational factors in fitness clubs in Ukraine and Europe was determined. A questionnaire was conducted, in which representatives of top management, and middle and lower management of fitness clubs took part. The purpose of the work is to determine leadership styles in fitness clubs in Ukraine and Europe and the specifics of the impact of leadership styles on the motivation and satisfaction of fitness club staff. The results. In the course of the study, the motivation of employees was determined according to the level of satisfaction with the following factors: material; the proximity of the place of work to the place of residence; the possibility of professional growth; the possibility of professional development; flexible work schedule; the possibility of self-realization; comfortable working conditions; favorable relations with the direct supervisor; recognition of merits by colleagues and management, feeling of significance in the team; work in a specialty, according to education; work according to one's interests/abilities; the favorable psychological climate in the team. The level of competencies of fitness club managers was also determined according to the following criteria: the ability to effectively solve professional and pedagogical problems; the ability to master modern educational technologies; availability of creative, design, and research abilities and skills; the ability to effectively construct direct and feedback communication with another person; the ability to establish contact with work colleagues; the ability to develop strategy, tactics, and techniques of interaction with people; ability to convince, argue one's position; mastery of oratory; the ability to effectively search, structure information; ability to use computer and multimedia technologies; ability to effectively use legislative and other normative legal documents.