TY - CONF

T1 - Meta-analysis of the leadership-team cohesion relationship: Coach versus athlete leader differences?

AU - Clare, Charlotte

AU - Hardy, James

AU - Tod, David

PY - 2023/11

Y1 - 2023/11

N2 - Although leadership research has emphasised the influence of coaches, there is an emerging understanding of the impact of athlete leaders. Unfortunately, the literature has not considered these two leadership sources in concert, precluding a comparison of their potentially distinct roles. Hence, the present study conducted a meta-analytical review of the leadership-cohesion relationship, with the primary aims of quantifying the influence of coach and athlete leaders and assessing likely moderating variables. To reduce publication bias, data sources included both published journal articles and unpublished doctoral theses indexed in Google Scholar, PubMed, ScienceDirect, and PsycINFO. Only full-text English language papers that administered a quantitative measure of leadership and cohesion were eligible, 37 studies were identified. A random-effects meta-analytical model revealed a statistically significant (p < .001) moderate positive relationship between global leadership and overall (r = .27, CI95 = .24, .33, n = 37), task (r = .30, CI95 = .26, .36, n = 35), as well as social cohesion (r = .24, CI95 = .20, .28, n = 33). Significant (p

AB - Although leadership research has emphasised the influence of coaches, there is an emerging understanding of the impact of athlete leaders. Unfortunately, the literature has not considered these two leadership sources in concert, precluding a comparison of their potentially distinct roles. Hence, the present study conducted a meta-analytical review of the leadership-cohesion relationship, with the primary aims of quantifying the influence of coach and athlete leaders and assessing likely moderating variables. To reduce publication bias, data sources included both published journal articles and unpublished doctoral theses indexed in Google Scholar, PubMed, ScienceDirect, and PsycINFO. Only full-text English language papers that administered a quantitative measure of leadership and cohesion were eligible, 37 studies were identified. A random-effects meta-analytical model revealed a statistically significant (p < .001) moderate positive relationship between global leadership and overall (r = .27, CI95 = .24, .33, n = 37), task (r = .30, CI95 = .26, .36, n = 35), as well as social cohesion (r = .24, CI95 = .20, .28, n = 33). Significant (p

KW - multidimensional model of leadership

KW - servant leadership

KW - transformational leadership

M3 - Poster

T2 - Division of Sport and Exercise Sciences Conference 2021

Y2 - 29 November 2021 through 30 November 2021

ER -