Leadership in Sport: A Study of Athletes and Coaches Perception in the Competitive Context

This study aimed to analyze the leadership style of sporting coaches from adult and youthful categories. It was part of the study 238 subjects. As measure instrument, it was used the Sport Leadership Scale (SLS). For data analysis, it was adopted the descriptive statistic and the Mann-Whitney test....

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Main Authors: Christi Noriko Sonoo, Elton Fernando Hoshino, Lenamar Fiorese Vieira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie 2008-07-01
Series:Psicologia
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Online Access:http://editorarevistas.mackenzie.br/index.php/ptp/article/view/470/283
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Elton Fernando Hoshino
Lenamar Fiorese Vieira
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description This study aimed to analyze the leadership style of sporting coaches from adult and youthful categories. It was part of the study 238 subjects. As measure instrument, it was used the Sport Leadership Scale (SLS). For data analysis, it was adopted the descriptive statistic and the Mann-Whitney test. The results have indicated that the predominating leadership style, in the perception of coaches and athletes, was the training-instruction and the reinforcement, for both categories. The reinforcement dimension was more evidenced in the youthful category. For the female gender, the social support was more significant, while, for male gender, the autocratic behavior was more relevant. So it was possible to conclude that the leadership style was similar for both athletes’ and coaches’ perception. However, when one analyzed the coaches’ style for identifying which was the most preferred by the athletes, the higher preference was for coaches who worry about the athletes, who provide more positive feedback and who have a more democratic than autocratic style.
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spelling doaj.art-5d8648093a364337b87b28381bd979d42023-10-05T20:21:46ZengUniversidade Presbiteriana MackenziePsicologia1516-36871980-69062008-07-011026882Leadership in Sport: A Study of Athletes and Coaches Perception in the Competitive ContextChristi Noriko Sonoo0Elton Fernando Hoshino1Lenamar Fiorese Vieira2Universidade Estadual de MaringáFaculdade Cidade VerdeUniversidade Estadual de MaringáThis study aimed to analyze the leadership style of sporting coaches from adult and youthful categories. It was part of the study 238 subjects. As measure instrument, it was used the Sport Leadership Scale (SLS). For data analysis, it was adopted the descriptive statistic and the Mann-Whitney test. The results have indicated that the predominating leadership style, in the perception of coaches and athletes, was the training-instruction and the reinforcement, for both categories. The reinforcement dimension was more evidenced in the youthful category. For the female gender, the social support was more significant, while, for male gender, the autocratic behavior was more relevant. So it was possible to conclude that the leadership style was similar for both athletes’ and coaches’ perception. However, when one analyzed the coaches’ style for identifying which was the most preferred by the athletes, the higher preference was for coaches who worry about the athletes, who provide more positive feedback and who have a more democratic than autocratic style. http://editorarevistas.mackenzie.br/index.php/ptp/article/view/470/283leadership stylemotor developmentsport coaches
spellingShingle Christi Noriko Sonoo
Elton Fernando Hoshino
Lenamar Fiorese Vieira
Leadership in Sport: A Study of Athletes and Coaches Perception in the Competitive Context
Psicologia
leadership style
motor development
sport coaches
title Leadership in Sport: A Study of Athletes and Coaches Perception in the Competitive Context
title_full Leadership in Sport: A Study of Athletes and Coaches Perception in the Competitive Context
title_fullStr Leadership in Sport: A Study of Athletes and Coaches Perception in the Competitive Context
title_full_unstemmed Leadership in Sport: A Study of Athletes and Coaches Perception in the Competitive Context
title_short Leadership in Sport: A Study of Athletes and Coaches Perception in the Competitive Context
title_sort leadership in sport a study of athletes and coaches perception in the competitive context
topic leadership style
motor development
sport coaches
url http://editorarevistas.mackenzie.br/index.php/ptp/article/view/470/283
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