Leadership behaviour and Human Resource Management Practice mediation between strategic plan and performance of selected Ethiopian sports federation

The purpose of the study was to identify the relationship between strategic plan and performance through leadership behavior and Human Resource Management Practice (HRMP) of the selected Ethiopian sports federation. The study used a cross-sectional research design. A sample size of ninety-five (n = 95) respondents participated. The data was processed using IBM SPSS Amos 23.0 software. Structural equation modeling and Confirmatory Factory Analysis (CFA) have been used for data analysis. Leadership behavior and HRMP play an important mediating role between strategic plans and the performance of sports federations with (β= .86, P=0.00). The finding of the study confirms that leadership behavior and HRMP partially mediate the relationship between the strategic plan and the performance of both federations. The study recommended that it is advisable if selected Ethiopian sports federations to work on capacity development programs on human resource development and take up-to-date leadership training frequently, this will enable to enhance the performance of both federations.