The purpose of this study was to examine elements of transformational leadership in sport and effects of transformational leadership on athletic`s trust and identification, and performance, involvement and motivation. 414 athletics of 15 high-schools ...
The purpose of this study was to examine elements of transformational leadership in sport and effects of transformational leadership on athletic`s trust and identification, and performance, involvement and motivation. 414 athletics of 15 high-schools and 2 colleges participated as subject in this study. They responded on `The Sports Leaders Behavior Questionnaire` including items measuring elements of transformational leadership and athletic`s trust and identification, and performance, involvement and motivation in sport. The questionnaires were administered in winter-training camps of each team during January, 2001. To analysis data, the SAS-PC Version 8.00 for Windows was used. The construct validation and reliability of the questionnaire, factor analysis and Cronbach`s alpha coefficients were calculated. As result, 3 factors were abstracted from transformational leadership items: charisma, individualized consideration, and intellectual stimulation. 2 factors were abstracted from items measuring the perception of leader: identification and trust. And 3 factors were abstracted from items measuring behaviors in sport: performance, involvement, and motivation. The result of this study were as follows: First, the higher were the level of individualized consideration, charisma and intellectual stimulation, the higher the level of identification, trust, performance, involvement, and motivation. Second, the higher were the level of identification, and trust, the higher the level of performance, involvement, and motivation in sport. Third, 3 elements of transformational leadership had differential effects on the identification and trust, and performance, involvement, and motivation in their sport behaviors.