| As evidenced by Parris and Peachey's (2012) systematic literature review of servant leadership theory in organizational contexts, limited empirical research has been conducted in the sports milieu. Unlocking relationships between coaching behaviors and team effectiveness is relevant for theory and practice. The purpose of this study investigated how collegiate women's head volleyball coaches who were perceived by their athletes to possess servant leadership characteristics were associated with team effectiveness as determined by winning percentages, based upon the date and time the survey was given -- about the mid-point of the season, and in post-hoc analysis at the end of the regular season. This study further investigated how each of the four characteristics (agapao love, empowerment, vision, and humility) were associated with team effectiveness as determined by winning percentages at the mid-point and the end of the regular season. Athletes' scores from their respective schools were summed to generate the mean SLAI score for their respective institution. This process was repeated for each team. Using a Pearson correlational analysis, relationships were evaluated and found to be non-significant. Although this study failed to find strong correlations between athletes' perceived servant leadership characteristics of the head coach in association with team effectiveness, practical applications may be applied to the body of servant leadership research and, additionally, to servant leadership inquiry in the sport milieu.;Keywords: Servant leadership, team effectiveness, volleyball, coach. NCAA. |
