leadership in sport Flashcards
characteristics of effective leaders
-good communication
-confident
-motivated
-clear goals
-empathy
-good technical knowledge
-charisma
-flexible
what is an emergent leader
appointed from within
eg experienced player becomes coach
what is a prescribed leader
appointed from outside
eg non-native coach becomes national coach
autocratic leader
-task orientated and dictorial in style
-make decisions with little interest in individuals
-focuses on end result
when can autocratic leadership be used
-when discipline and control are needed for hostile groups
-novice performers
-males prefer
-dangerous task
-if fave style
what is democratic leadership
-person orientated and values the views of group members
-share decisions and show interest
when should democratic leadership be used
-when members want to participate
-advanced performers who contribute
-social and friendly matches
-leader and members know eachother
-women prefer
-sociable groups with more time
what is laissez-faire leadership
make very few decisions and little feedback
-individuals do what they want
when is laissez-faire used
-elite athletes
-develop creativity for team members
-when task involves individual decision making
-when leader is incompetent
what are the 3 theories of leadership
trait perspective
SLT
interactionist theory
what is trait perspective
-the view that leaders have genetic predisposition and innate characteristics that make them good leaders
-‘great leaders are born not made’
-enduring trait
‘male characteristic’
what is social learning theory
-leadership characteristics are learned from others
-learn through vicarious learning and copying sig others
-social environment encourage leadership skill demos
what is the interactionist theory
a combo of trait and slt
-people may have traits they are born with but only demonstrated in situations (state)
-leader in sport but not outside
what is chelladurais multi-dimensional model of sport leadership
leaders must be adaptable and change leadership style depending on
antecedents
leader behaviour
and therefore the consequence
what are the antecedents
situational characteristics
leader characteristics
member characteristics
