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- Title
The role of athlete leadership in dyadic team sports.
- Authors
Vincer, Diana J.; Baker, Ashleigh M.; Loughead, Todd M.; Munroe-Chandler, Krista J.
- Abstract
Although leadership has been assigned great importance in sport by athletes and coaches, the majority of research has focused on the coach (Chelladurai & Riemer, 1998). Another source of leadership on teams is athletes. Athlete leadership may be viewed as an athlete, occupying a formal or informal role within a team, who influences a group of team members to achieve a common goal (Loughead, Hardy, & Eys, 2006). The limited research examining athlete leadership has focused on athletes from interdependent team sports (e.g., basketball, hockey). However, very little research examining the leadership behaviors of athletes on dyadic team sports has been conducted. Therefore, the purpose of the present study was to examine the behaviors of athlete leadership in dyadic teams in the figure skating sport of ice dancing. Pearce and Sims's (2000) conceptual model of leadership served as the theoretical framework for this study. Participants consisted of six elite ice dancers three females, three males). In-depth open-ended interviews were conducted with each team member. Each of the six interviews was transcribed and analyzed inductively and deductively (Patton 2002). Five themes emerged from the analysis: (a) communication, (b) positive attitude, (c) respect, (d) leading by example, and (e) discipline. These results augment the relatively sparse literature on athlete leadership and help develop a better understanding of the leadership behaviors in dyadic teams. The results are discussed in terms of their implications for understanding the role of athlete leaders competing in dyadic team sport situations.
- Subjects
LEADERSHIP; ICE dancing; COACH-athlete relationships; INTERPERSONAL relations; ATTITUDE (Psychology); SPORTS psychology
- Publication
Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, 2007, Vol 29, pS209
- ISSN
0895-2779
- Publication type
Article