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dc.contributor.authorEnoksen, Eystein
dc.contributor.authorFahlström, Per Göran
dc.contributor.authorJohansen, Bjørn Tore
dc.contributor.authorHageskog, Carl-Axel
dc.contributor.authorChristensen, Jens Behrend
dc.contributor.authorHøigaard, Rune
dc.date.accessioned2015-03-20T10:43:17Z
dc.date.available2015-03-20T10:43:17Z
dc.date.issued2014-11-25
dc.identifier.citationScandinavian Sport Studies Forum. 2014, 5, 131-147nb_NO
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/279958
dc.description© Enoksen, Fahlström, Johansen, Hageskog, Christensen, Høigaard 2014nb_NO
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between the perceptions of leadership behavior and coach–athlete relationship in Scandinavian coaches. A secondary purpose was to investigate if differences in national sport education, level of coaching and coaching experiences in individual or team sport have an influence on leadership behavior and coach–athlete relationships. One hundred and forty nine coaches at international level or national top level from Denmark, Norway and Sweden participated in this study (134 male and 15 female). The methods of investigation were Chelladurai’s Leadership scale of sport (LSS) (Chelladurai & Saleh, 1980) and Jowett’s coach–athlete relationship perspective (Jowett & Wyllemann, 2006). The results showed that the most frequent self-reported behavioral components between the described coach–athlete relationship subscales and preferred leadership behavior among Scandinavian top-level coaches were training and instructions, positive feedback and democratic behavior, respectively. The study also revealed a positive coach–athlete relationship between (1) commitment and training and instruction, (2) positive feedback and social support, and (3) between complementarities and training and instruction behavior. A significant difference was found between top coaches in Denmark and Sweden on commitment and complementarity, and more experienced coaches used significantly more training and instruction and social support in their coaching than did less experienced coaches. Coaches in team sports reported more autocratic behavior and less democratic behavior than coaches in individual sports.nb_NO
dc.language.isoengnb_NO
dc.publisherMalmö Universitynb_NO
dc.subjectcoaching behavoirnb_NO
dc.subjectcoach-athlete relationshipnb_NO
dc.subjectScandinavian sport coachesnb_NO
dc.titlePerceptions of leadership behavior and the relationship to athletes among Scandinavian coachesnb_NO
dc.typeJournal articlenb_NO
dc.typePeer reviewednb_NO
dc.subject.nsiVDP::Social science: 200nb_NO
dc.source.journalScandinavian Sport Studies Forumnb_NO
dc.description.localcodeSeksjon for fysisk prestasjonsevne / Department of Physical Performancenb_NO


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