leadership

Question 1

define Leadership

Answer 1

‘the process whereby an individual influences a group of induvial to achieve a common goal’ (Northhouse, 2001, p.3)

Question 2

issues defining leadership?

Answer 2

1000s different ones
some define it as influence some as power?
-definitions discuss good or bad leadership which is not necessarily good as bad leadership is not the absence of leadership

Question 3

Carron (1981) identified 2 types of leaders

Answer 3

emergent leaders- come from the group itself someone emerges and takes charge.

prescribed leaders- appointed by an outside organisation body

Question 4

basic leadership model

Answer 4

leadership= cohesion

what you do as a leader will impact the psychological outcomes of the athletes you are working with e.g. commitment, confidence, motivation, cohesion. These impacts of the athletes impacts their behaviours and performance e.g. time training, effort invested in training, performance during sport, sacrifices made during sports.

Question 5

leadership styles- autocratic

Answer 5

task oriented style.
these leaders dictate
they don’t want athletes opinions or questions.

inflexible approach.
if leader is absent group members don’t know what to do and may be aggressive to each other when things go wrong.

Question 6

leadership styes- democratic

Answer 6

social/person orientated.
make group decisions after consultation process with group.
actively encourage involvement of group
- leaders do make the final decision based on this info given from athletes
- when leader is absent group members continue to work on tasks well and effectively

Question 7

leadership styles- Laissez-faire

Answer 7

‘no leadership’
leader sets aside and allows group to make own decisions
leaders may help members get out of difficulties ut offer no direction or involvement and group goals less likely to be achieved
- group members tend to be aggressive to each other when things go wrong

Question 8

approaches to studying leadership- trait approach

Answer 8

the great man theory
- are leaders ‘born or made’
successful leaders have certain personality traits that make it likely they will be leaders no matter what situation they are in

however, no definitive set of traits that characterise a good leader

Question 9

approaches to studying leadership- behavioural approach

Answer 9

good leaders are ‘made not born’
- anyone can be taught to be a good leader

-links with social learning theory/ learn thru observation