Athlete leadership

Loughead, Todd M.; Mawn, Lauren; Hardy, James D.; Munroe‐Chandler, Krista J.

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“…In other words, the newly added motivational leadership role appears to be equally prominent as the already established task and social leadership roles. Our results also corroborate earlier studies, which clearly found the external leadership role to be less prominent (Eys, et al, 2007;Loughead, et al, 2006).…”

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“…An informal leader on the other hand has no formal leadership position but becomes a team leader informally, as a result of the interactions that occur within the team. Previous studies acknowledge the existence of both formal (e.g., a team captain) and informal athlete leaders within sports teams (Holmes, et al, 2010;Loughead, et al, 2006).…”

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“…In order to determine the athlete leaders within a team, we started from the classification proposed by Loughead, Hardy, and Eys (2006). These authors suggested that leaders serve three important team functions: task, social, and external functions.…”

Section: Athlete Leadersmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…These two functions are not mutually exclusive: athlete leaders can simultaneously engage in both task and social behaviors (Rees & Segal, 1984;Todd & Kent, 2004;Voelker, Gould, & Crawford, 2011). A third, recently identified function of athlete leaders is the external function by which the leader represents the group at meetings and media gatherings (Eys, Loughead, & Hardy, 2007;Loughead, Hardy, & Eys, 2006).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…We extended this classification by including an additional leadership role, namely the motivational leader on the field. The descriptions of the four leadership roles, based on Loughead et al (2006), were presented to all participants (see Table 2). The role of both task and motivational leader are fulfilled on the field, during practice, and during the game.…”

Section: Athlete Leadersmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Although coaches and players recognize the importance of leaders within the team, research on athlete leadership is sparse. The present study expands knowledge of athlete leadership by refining the current classification and exploring the importance of the team captain. An online survey was completed by 4451 players and coaches within nine different team sports in Flanders (Belgium). The results revealed that the proposed additional role of motivational leader was perceived as clearly distinct from the already established roles (task, social, and external leader). Furthermore, almost half of the participants (44%) did not perceive their captain as the principal leader on any of the four roles. These findings underline that the leadership qualities attributed to the captain as the team"s formal leader are overrated. It can be concluded that leadership is spread throughout the team; the informal leaders rather than the captain take the lead, both on and off the field.

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Athlete leadership

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The myth of the team captain as principal leader: extending the athlete leadership classification within sport teams

The myth of the team captain as principal leader: extending the athlete leadership classification within sport teams

Dissent, sabotage, and leader behaviour in contests: Evidence from European football

The importance of key celebrity characteristics for customer segmentation by age and gender: Does beauty matter in professional football?

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