Transformational Leadership in Elite Sport: A Qualitative Analysis of Effective Leadership Behaviors in Cricket

Matthew Smith; Sean Figgins

doi:10.1123/tsp.2015-0077

Transformational Leadership in Elite Sport: A Qualitative Analysis of Effective Leadership Behaviors in Cricket

Matthew Smith
, Sean Figgins

School of Sport, Health & Community (SHC)

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Abstract

We examined transformational leadership behaviors are exhibited in an elite sport environment. Semistructured interviews were conducted with 9 professional county cricket players to explore perceptions of transformational leadership behaviors of their captain and head-coach. Behaviors were firstly deductively categorized based on the Differentiated Transformational Leadership Inventory, with the most frequently cited being high performance expectations and individual consideration from the coach, and appropriate role-modeling of the captain. Further inductive analyses revealed a range of other factors which may influence players’ perceptions of transformational leadership. From these findings, suggestions are offered for those working in an applied context with sporting leaders.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-15
Journal	The Sport Psychologist
Volume	31
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1123/tsp.2015-0077
Publication status	Published - 2017

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