Athlete Leadership in Sport

Loughead, Todd M.; Munroe‐Chandler, Krista J.; Hoffmann, Matt D.; Duguay, Ashley M.

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“…In particular, research has shown that an increase in athlete leadership behaviors has been positively associated to an increase in team cohesion (Callow, Smith, Hardy, Arthur, & Hardy, 2009;Paradis & Loughead, 2012;Vincer & Loughead, 2010), satisfaction (Paradis & Loughead, 2012), intrateam communication (Smith, Arthur, Hardy, Callow, & Williams, 2013), enjoyment, intrinsic motivation (Price & Weiss, 2013), and collective efficacy and team identification (Fransen, Coffee, et al, 2014;Fransen, Haslam, et al, 2015). In sum, this body of knowledge clearly highlights that athlete leadership is shared amongst numerous athletes within teams (Loughead et al, 2014;Fransen, Van Puyenbroeck, et al, 2015a).…”

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“…The second type refers to informal athlete leaders-individuals who emerge as leaders by interacting with other team members. While athlete leadership research is in its infancy (Loughead, Munroe-Chandler, Hoffmann, & Duguay, 2014), the research that has been conducted to date highlights its importance to effective team functioning.…”

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An examination of the relationship between athlete leadership and cohesion using social network analysis

Loughead

Fransen

Puyenbroeck

et al. 2016

Journal of Sports Sciences

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Two studies investigated the structure of different athlete leadership networks and its relationship to cohesion using social network analysis. In Study 1, we examined the relationship between a general leadership quality network and task and social cohesion as measured by the Group Environment Questionnaire (GEQ). In Study 2, we investigated the leadership networks for four different athlete leadership roles (task, motivational, social and external) and their association with task and social cohesion networks. In Study 1, the results demonstrated that the general leadership quality network was positively related to task and social cohesion. The results from Study 2 indicated positive correlations between the four leadership networks and task and social cohesion networks. Further, the motivational leadership network emerged as the strongest predictor of the task cohesion network, while the social leadership network was the strongest predictor of the social cohesion network. The results complement a growing body of research indicating that athlete leadership has a positive association with cohesion.

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An examination of the relationship between athlete leadership and cohesion using social network analysis

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Fransen

Puyenbroeck

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Journal of Sports Sciences

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“…Besides the coach also athletes within the team can take up leadership roles (ie, athlete leaders) and become an important source of competence support. 29,30 Previous research indeed showed that athlete leaders who provide positive feedback to their teammates have a beneficial impact on various outcomes, including teammates' team confidence, the team's cohesion, athletes' identification with their team [31][32][33] , the team's resilience when facing setbacks, 34 and ultimately also the team's performance. 30,35 Although studies evidenced the impact of competence support by both coaches and players, none of these studies directly contrasted these two external sources of feedback.…”

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An experiment on the impact of coaches’ and athlete leaders’ competence support on athletes’ motivation and performance

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Boen

Broek

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Scandinavian Med Sci Sports

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“…When team coordination deteriorates and negative communication spreads through emotional contagion, the influence of athlete leaders has been reported to be of great importance (Cotterill et al, 2020 ). Former research has, for example, identified athlete leaders as vital for several different team functioning factors (Crozier et al, 2013 ; Loughead et al, 2014 ; Cotterill and Fransen, 2016 ).…”

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A Qualitative Exploration of Collective Collapse in a Norwegian Qualifying Premier League Soccer Match—The Successful Team's Perspective

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The current case study focused on a crucial match in the qualification for the Norwegian Premier League (Eliteserien). In the match, the participants of the study experienced a radical change in performance toward the end of the second half, from being behind by several goals to scoring 3 goals in 6 min and winning the qualifying game. The purpose of this study was therefore to examine the perceptions and reflections of players and coaches (sporting director) on what occurred within their own team and within the opposing team. The momentum shift in the opposition team can be described as a collective collapse. In the study, the theoretical collective collapse process model was used as a guide for the design of the interview questions where five semi-structured interviews were conducted with participants involved in the match (players, coach, and sporting director). The participants watched excerpt clips from the match to recall the main events, which they subsequently reflected on. The results highlighted the importance of the “before-game” aspects (i.e., pressure, first game result), the “during-the-game” behavior (i.e., goals scored, playing with a low degree of risk) and the cognitive (i.e., feelings of pressure, despair) and emotional reactions (i.e., frustration, joy) to the match unfolding. In addition, social contagion processes were evident in both teams relating to emotion and behavior. Overall, the data from this study investigated the general structure of the process model of collective sport team collapse and found support for the notion of a temporal cascade of causes for a team collapse. Future research is encouraged to examine this model, to provide guidance to teams, coaches, and sport psychologists in order to make recommendations for dealing with collective collapse in sport teams.

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Athlete Leadership in Sport

Cited by 8 publications

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An examination of the relationship between athlete leadership and cohesion using social network analysis

An examination of the relationship between athlete leadership and cohesion using social network analysis

An experiment on the impact of coaches’ and athlete leaders’ competence support on athletes’ motivation and performance

A Qualitative Exploration of Collective Collapse in a Norwegian Qualifying Premier League Soccer Match—The Successful Team's Perspective

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