that coaches had an affect on them. The studies were interesting and supported the fact that coaches have more of an impact on their players mental wellness and athletic ability than they know. Not only does this affect tennis players but it also affects every athlete that plays a sport with a coach. A critique that I have would be that it would be interesting if they did a article on the affect the multidimensional theory has on in the workplace because the leadership aspect affect the workforce the same amount if not more than those in athletics.
Cited:
Andrew, D. P. S. (2009). The impact of leadership behavior on satisfaction of college tennis players: A test of the leadership behavior congruency hypothesis of the multidimensional model of leadership. Journal of Sport Behavior, 32(3), 261-277. Retrieved from https://search.proquest.com/docview/215875034?accountid=100
Key Words: Performance, Satisfaction, Collegiate Tennis Players, Preferred, Perceived behavior
Athlete leadership dispersion and satisfaction in interactive sport teams
The article focuses on leadership within teams and what the leadership role means using the model of leadership theory model. Not all leaders within a team have to be the coach and this article talks more about the leaders of a team besides just the coaches. Researchers conducted a study to show the formal and informal roles within a team by giving their participants a survey. The participants included 218 intercollegiate athletes who were asked a series of questions before and after the end of their seasons to see who they thought were informal and formal leaders among their teams. The researchers findings were really interesting and concluded that people with all three leadership functions were satisfied with their teams balance, whereas teams that didn’t have people who portrayed all three leadership functions were not satisfied with the imbalance. This directly correlates with the multi-dimensional theory by explaining that the actions of one can directly impact the teams performance.
Analysis:
The article explains and correlates well with the Multi-dimensional theory with does explain that the actions of a leader can make or break a team’s success. I think that the research should have included specific athletes and what sport they were on. The impact of leaders could vary from team to team due to the fact that everyone needs something different from their leaders. Throughout the leadership model, it shows how important it is to have a positive relationship between the leaders and the rest of the team so that team satisfaction is as great as it can be.
Cited:
Eyes, Mark. A.(2007). Athlete leadership dispersion and satisfaction in interactive
sport teams, Psychology of Sport and Exercise, Psychology of Sport and
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