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3.2.3.1.13 Leadership Typeit
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Chelladurai’s model of sports leadership attempts to explain the dynamic nature of leadership and the effect that interactions between interpersonal and situational factors might have on the style displayed. This makes the model well suited to a sporting context, where the influencing factors are rarely stable.
The basis of this model is the three antecedents:
- characteristics – i.e. of the person taking charge. They should be aware of how their personality, experiences and ability will impact their behaviour.
- characteristics – i.e. of the group being led. This might be individual factors such as their age, gender and personality traits, as well as how they interact with any other teammates. Their past experience, motivation to perform, and level of physical, technical and tactical ability (i.e. performance level) all need to be considered.
- characteristics – i.e. the threat of the environment (e.g. the sport or activity being played, the weather conditions, the playing surface) should be taken into account.
- Preferred behaviour – the behaviour that the group the leader to exhibit. This is based on the characteristics of those being led and how they perceive the situation. For example, a group of novice tennis players might want a more autocratic leader as they are inexperienced players new to the tennis environment.
- Required behaviour – the behaviour that the leader exhibit. This is based on the situation they find themselves in and the characteristics of those they are leading. For example, the leader understands that the same group of tennis players needs a decision-making figure to lead the session, and so demonstrates an autocratic style.
- behaviour – how the leader to behave. They might take into account the aforementioned aspects to conclude their decision, or, depending on the leader's personality, they might adopt an approach which disregards all else. For example, although the leader understands that an autocratic leadership style might benefit the tennis players best, their laid-back attitude might result in them adopting a more laissez-faire approach.
- Leadership style – the relationships that the leader builds with members of a group are dependent on their personality .
- – if a leader has a good command over a given situation, there is a greater likelihood that their effectiveness will be reflected by the members of the group.