A Correlational Study Of Coach Leadership Behavior As Perceived By Collegiate Athletes And Leadership Effectiveness

This study aimed to explore the status quo and relationship between coach leadershipbehavior as perceived by collegiate athletes and leadership effectiveness. The studysubjects were the athletes who attended the2008National Intercollegiate Athletic Games,and a questionnaire survey with a self-designed scale was conducted. Among the total850questionnaires distributed,838valid questionnaire forms were retrieved. The dataprovided by the questionnaire forms were statistically processed and analyzed to producethe following important conclusions:1.Collegiate athletes had high perceptions of coach leadership behavior. Among suchperceptions, the perception of praise behavior was the highest. Significant differences ofoverall coach leadership behavior were found in sport disciplines and weekly practicefrequency. Other significant differences of the constructs of coach leadership behaviorwere also found in sport disciplines, weekly training frequency, and sport groups.2.The majority of collegiate athletes had a high level of team cohesiveness, amongwhich the team adjustment and team collaboration demonstrated the highest level ofcohesiveness. Significant differences were observed in sport disciplines in regard to theconstructs of team cohesiveness.3.Collegiate athletes had the highest satisfaction with team performance, followed byself-performance. Significant differences of overall athlete satisfaction were found insport disciplines, weekly practice frequency, and sport groups. In addition, significantdifferences of the constructs of athlete satisfaction were also found in grades, sportdisciplines, training frequency, lengths of coach companionship, and sport groups.4.Collegiate athletes' perception of coach leadership behavior was closely related toteam cohesiveness; the communication and care construct and appraise construct of coachleadership behavior had greater influence on team cohesiveness.5.Collegiate athletes' perception of coach leadership behavior was highly related to athletes' satisfaction; the communication and care construct as well as the training andinstruction construct of coach leadership behavior had higher influence on athletes'satisfaction.6.Team cohesiveness and athlete satisfaction among collegiate athletes weremoderately to minimally related, while the team adjustment construct of team cohesivenesshad higher influence on athlete satisfaction.7.Coach leadership behavior had extremely high predictability on team cohesivenessand athlete satisfaction, with the communication and care construct giving the highestpredictability. Team cohesiveness also had extremely high predictability on athletesatisfaction, while the team adjustment construct had the highest predictability.8.Collegiate athletes' perception of coach leadership behavior and leadershipeffectiveness of the linear stuctual relation model were adaptation of excellent, and hadavariable with linear structure relation.