Date of Graduation
2014
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Type
MA
College
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences
Department
Communication Studies
Committee Chair
Matthew M Martin
Committee Co-Chair
Andrea Weber
Committee Member
Keith Weber
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to compare student-athletes' ideal coaching leadership styles and teaching leadership styles. Further, this study examined the relationship between student-athletes' level of argumentativeness and verbal aggressiveness and their ideal leadership styles. Student-athletes (N=67) were surveyed about their ideal coaching and teaching leadership styles and their communication traits. The averages of each leadership styles were compared to rank them from most ideal to least ideal. Student-athletes prefer the leadership styles of Paternalistic, Democratic, and Transformational for coaches and the leadership styles of Laissez-Faire and Transactional for teachers. Student-athletes' argumentativeness and verbal aggressiveness were related to some of their preferred ideal coaching and teaching leadership styles.
Recommended Citation
Klein, Elzbieta, "Desired leadership styles in classroom and court: Comparing ideal coaching and teaching styles of collegiate student-athletes" (2014). Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports. 7324.
https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/etd/7324