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Transformational Leadership, Task-Involving Climate, and Their Implications in Male Junior Soccer Players: A Multilevel Approach.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019 09 28; 16(19)IJ

Abstract

Despite the well-known positive consequences of transformational coaches in sport, there is still little research exploring the mechanisms through which coaches' transformational leadership exerts its impact on athletes. Multilevel SEM was used to examine the relationship between coaches' transformational leadership style, a task-involving climate, and leadership effectiveness outcome criteria (i.e., players' extra effort, coach effectiveness, and satisfaction with their coach), separately estimating between and within effects. A representative sample of 625 Spanish male soccer players ranging from 16 to 18 years old and nested in 50 teams completed a questionnaire package tapping the variables of interest. Results confirmed that at the team level, team perceptions of transformational leadership positively predicted teams' perceptions of task climate, which in turn positively predicted the three outcome criteria. At the individual level, players' perceptions of transformational leadership positively predicted teams' perceptions of task climate, which in turn positively predicted teams' extra effort and coach effectiveness. Mediation effects appeared at the team level for all the outcome criteria, and at the individual only for extra effort. Transformational leadership is recommended to enhance task climate, in order to increase players' extra effort, their perceptions of the effectiveness of their coach, and their satisfaction with his/her leadership style.

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Álvarez O
Department of Social Psychology, University of Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain. Octavio.Alvarez@uv.es.
Castillo I
Department of Social Psychology, University of Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain. Isabel.Castillo@uv.es.
Molina-García V
Postgraduate and Continuing Education Centre, University of Almeria, 04120 Almeria, Spain. vmolgar@ual.es.
Tomás I
Department of Methodology of the Behavioral Sciences, University of Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain. Ines.Tomas@uv.es.

MeSH

AdolescentAthletesHumansLeadershipMaleMotivationPersonal SatisfactionSoccerSurveys and Questionnaires

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Journal Article

Language

eng

PubMed ID

31569387

Citation

Álvarez, Octavio, et al. "Transformational Leadership, Task-Involving Climate, and Their Implications in Male Junior Soccer Players: a Multilevel Approach." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 16, no. 19, 2019.
Álvarez O, Castillo I, Molina-García V, et al. Transformational Leadership, Task-Involving Climate, and Their Implications in Male Junior Soccer Players: A Multilevel Approach. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019;16(19).
Álvarez, O., Castillo, I., Molina-García, V., & Tomás, I. (2019). Transformational Leadership, Task-Involving Climate, and Their Implications in Male Junior Soccer Players: A Multilevel Approach. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16(19). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16193649
Álvarez O, et al. Transformational Leadership, Task-Involving Climate, and Their Implications in Male Junior Soccer Players: a Multilevel Approach. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019 09 28;16(19) PubMed PMID: 31569387.
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TY - JOUR T1 - Transformational Leadership, Task-Involving Climate, and Their Implications in Male Junior Soccer Players: A Multilevel Approach. AU - Álvarez,Octavio, AU - Castillo,Isabel, AU - Molina-García,Vladimir, AU - Tomás,Inés, Y1 - 2019/09/28/ PY - 2019/09/05/received PY - 2019/09/22/revised PY - 2019/09/23/accepted PY - 2019/10/2/entrez PY - 2019/10/2/pubmed PY - 2020/2/6/medline KW - junior players KW - motivational climate KW - multilevel SEM KW - soccer KW - transformational leadership JF - International journal of environmental research and public health JO - Int J Environ Res Public Health VL - 16 IS - 19 N2 - Despite the well-known positive consequences of transformational coaches in sport, there is still little research exploring the mechanisms through which coaches' transformational leadership exerts its impact on athletes. Multilevel SEM was used to examine the relationship between coaches' transformational leadership style, a task-involving climate, and leadership effectiveness outcome criteria (i.e., players' extra effort, coach effectiveness, and satisfaction with their coach), separately estimating between and within effects. A representative sample of 625 Spanish male soccer players ranging from 16 to 18 years old and nested in 50 teams completed a questionnaire package tapping the variables of interest. Results confirmed that at the team level, team perceptions of transformational leadership positively predicted teams' perceptions of task climate, which in turn positively predicted the three outcome criteria. At the individual level, players' perceptions of transformational leadership positively predicted teams' perceptions of task climate, which in turn positively predicted teams' extra effort and coach effectiveness. Mediation effects appeared at the team level for all the outcome criteria, and at the individual only for extra effort. Transformational leadership is recommended to enhance task climate, in order to increase players' extra effort, their perceptions of the effectiveness of their coach, and their satisfaction with his/her leadership style. SN - 1660-4601 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/31569387/Transformational_Leadership_Task_Involving_Climate_and_Their_Implications_in_Male_Junior_Soccer_Players:_A_Multilevel_Approach_ DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -