摘要：The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between five personality factors with decision makingstyles of coaches. The method of this research is correlation and samples included 86 mails coaches thatwere presented in international games of handball in Mashhad city. NEO personality inventory and MelbourneDecision Making Style Questionnaire were used to evaluate personality factors and decision making styles .The findings of Pierson correlation indicated that there was significant relationship between neuroticism withall decision making styles, extraversion with vigilance and hypervigillance, openness to experience withvigilance ,agreeableness with vigilance, procrastination and hypervigillance, and conscientiousness with alldecision making styles. Also, the findings of regression showed that conscientiousness dnaopenness toexperience can be express %45 of changes coaches vigilance style. %18 of changes buck passing style and%26 of changes hypervigillance style through neuroticism is elaborated, and finally neuroticism dnaconscientiousness can be express %45 of changes coaches procrastination style. Thus, in order to analyzecompetence and evaluate coaches’ decision making, personality factors can be used in competitionconditions, conscientiousness and openness coach’s offer a more appropriate decision-making style.
