Utilitarianism, by John Stuart Mill, is an essay written to provide support for the value of utilitarianism as a moral theory, and to respond to misconceptions about it. Mill defines utilitarianism as a theory based on the principle that “actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness, wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness.” Mill defines happiness as pleasure and the absence of pain. He argues that pressure can differ in quality and quantity, and that pleasures that are rooted in one`s higher faculties should be weighted more heavily than baser pleasures. Furthermore, Mill argues that people`s achievement of goals and ends, such as virtuous living, should counted as part of their happiness.
joyed how the author explained what the model was but also included the Leadership Scale for Sports or LSS to explain how they measure the three forms of leadership behavior inside the model.
Cited:
Rodrigues, V. d. M., & Saldanha, A. A. W. (2016). Leadership and satisfaction in young athletes: Testing the hypothesis of congruence of the multidimensional model of leadership. Psicologia : Ciencia e Profissao, 36(3), 653-667. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1982-3703001492014
Key Words: Performance, Satisfaction, Below Expectations, Leadership scale for sports, Multi-dimensional model of leadership
LEADERSHIP BEHAVIORS AND MULTIDIMENSIONAL ROLE AMBIGUITY PERCEPTIONS IN TEAM SPORTS
This article explains about role ambiguity and how it translates into any interdependent group including sport teams, military units, and medical teams. The article points out that even though role ambiguity has been extensively studied and developed across various fields, it has not been translated into the context of small groups or teams. According to the article, Beauchamp, Bray, Eys, and Carron recently developed a conceptual model for the study of role ambiguity within sports teams. The results are ambiguous as the research found that role ambiguity perceptions differ according to gender and starting status. The main purpose of the study was to dig into the relationship between coaching behaviors and athletes’ experiences. The research or study concludes pointing out that starters are provided with greater opportunities to practice their role responsibilities in comparison to nonstarters. As a result, nonstarters may attribute their experience to their coaches’ leadership behaviors rather than other causes. Thus, starting players may have higher degrees of role ambiguity regardless of the amount of time the coach spends working with them by the simple fact that they are provided with real opportunities to practice their role responsibilities.
Analysis:
The article is all about role ambiguity and how role ambiguity can relate to sports and playing time. The article explains that the starters on a team are provided with greater opportunities to practice their responsibilities rather than those who do not start. This is really interesting and explains why starting players tend to have a higher degree of role ambiguity or self belonging just for the mere fact that they are able to practice their responsib
