The relationship of coaches' leadership styles and gender to performance outcomes and academic performance in college basketball
Graduation Date
2007
Document Type
Thesis
Program
Other
Program
Thesis (M.S.)--Humboldt State University, Kinesiology: Teaching/Coaching, 2007
Committee Chair Name
Anthony P. Kontos
Committee Chair Affiliation
HSU Faculty or Staff
Keywords
Humboldt State University -- Theses -- Kinesiology, Basketball, Coaching behavior
Abstract
The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to explore the relationship between leadership styles among head basketball coaches from NCAA Division II men's and women's basketball teams and performance outcomes and academic performance. A second purpose of this study was to explore gender differences in leadership styles and outcomes. The participants for the study included 16 men's (n= 12) and women's (n= 4) head basketball coaches from the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA), which is a NCAA Division II level conference. Four of the men and all four women were head coaches of women's programs. This study employed self-reported measures including a demographic coaching questionnaire and the Leadership Scale for Sports (LSS: Chelladurai, 1993; 1998) to assess leadership behavior styles and related factors among the coaches. Performance and academic performance data were obtained from each institution. The results of a series of Pearson product moment correlations supported significant positive relationships between Autocratic leadership behavior and performance outcomes including margin of victory and rebounding margin. A 2X2 MANOVA revealed no significant gender differences among coaches for leadership behaviors. There were, however, several significant relationships among the continuous performance variables including a positive relationship between field goal percentage and points per game with total years of coaching experience. There were no correlations between coaching leadership style and overall team GPA.
Recommended Citation
Newell, Bryce, "The relationship of coaches' leadership styles and gender to performance outcomes and academic performance in college basketball" (2007). Cal Poly Humboldt theses and projects. 1589.
https://digitalcommons.humboldt.edu/etd/1589
https://scholarworks.calstate.edu/concern/theses/vd66w214c