ANALYSIS OF THE ROLE OF LEADER IN TEAM SPORTS
ANALYSIS OF THE ROLE OF LEADER IN TEAM SPORTS

Author(s): Simone Fornari, Catalina Felicia Mancaș, Ligia RUSU
Subject(s): Education
Published by: Discobolul Publishing House
Keywords: leader; behavioural style; models;
Summary/Abstract: Within a group there is a role that rises hierarchically above the others because it has the ability to influence people's attitude and behaviour more than it is itself influenced. This is the leader. The purpose of this review is to identify leadership models in sports based on the hypothesis that there are necessary qualities, but not sufficient to fulfil this role, and to demonstrate on a theoretical level, that “versatility” is the primary requisite for success. Through literature review on social groups, 16 studies are analysed, dating from 1990 to 2020 and using the keyword “leader in sports”. The goal is to understand the characteristics of the figure of the leader in sports and to lay the foundation to create awareness on the characteristics the trainer has to improve in order to increase the team performance. Some models focus on the idea of leader as innate, others on its behavioural style; still, others on the characteristics of the situation in which the coach finds himself acting, and some on the needs and expectations of the other team members. One finding of this study is that a particularly frequent characteristic in the sports field is the existence of several leaders in the group. Through the analysis of the studies, it can be stated that this fact may turn out beneficial, but the absence of collaboration between the different leaders may become a negative aspect.

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