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The present study examined the relationship between coach's leadership styles and group cohesion in the individual and group teams participating in the 10 th sport olympiad of male students. 321 students (N=1906 selected as sample of this study. Athletes completed two instruments in this study; Leadership Scale for Sport and the Group Environment Q...
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... Furthermore, Lameiras et al. (2017), stated that coaching behaviours congruent with the athletes' individual needs and adapted to the situational demands may promote prosocial behaviour. According to Vahdani et al. (2012), the need and role of a coach are not only focused on the physical skills but also the mental skills of the individual athlete and team. Fulfilling team athletes' needs until it reaches an increase in the players' satisfaction and performance is part of the effectiveness and efficiency of a coach. ...
This study aims at identifying the constructs in the Leadership Scale for Sport (LSS) from the perspective of Malaysian football players. To date, empirical study of factor analysis on coaching leadership style construct in a sports setting is limited. There are 330 professional football players from the Malaysian Super and Premier League who were involved in this study. Leadership Scale for Sport (LSS) by Chelladurai and Saleh (1980) was used, and the exploratory factor analysis was done to obtain information on this current study. The findings showed that from 40 items that measure the five constructs of a coach's style, only 24 items had been formed. However, the five constructs remain. The extraction revealed the five constructs gave a higher eigenvalue than 1, and cumulatively contributed approximately 70.44% overall variance changes for the coach's leadership style variable. Through the rotated sums of squared loadings analysis, the five constructs predicted as much as 77.47% overall change of variance for the variable coaching leadership style are Factor 1=17.36%; Factor 2=16.09%; Factor 3=14.56%; Factor 4=11.88% and Factor 5=10.55%.
... There have been previously conducted studies regarding the various factors that is associated with team cohesiveness such as personal and team (Tikon et al., 2019), relationship with the coach (Freire et al., 2022;, leadership style (Vahdani et al., 2012), and performance feedback (Salcinovic et al., 2022). However, after numerous attempts in searching for studies connected to physical activity barriers and team cohesiveness, only a few studies were found and further investigation may be conducted. ...
Physical activity barriers, particularly for the volleyball players of Angeles City, are one of the elements that hinder team cohesiveness for all athletes during this pandemic. According to research, there are many areas where the pandemic influences physical activity and team cohesiveness. The purpose of this study is to ascertain whether physical activity barriers have a direct impact on volleyball players' ability to work together as a team. Based on related literature on how it affects physical activity barriers, an online Cross-Sectional, Descriptive-Survey research was conducted on the volleyball players around Angeles City. Respondents were chosen based on specific qualities and criteria and provided unbiased selection. In analyzing the data, the pandemic practices and communication are the areas that impact the volleyball players in the middle of the pandemic. The findings showed that physical activity barriers have no association with the team cohesiveness of the volleyball player. It is suggested to the trainers, coaches, school administrators, and players that they can apply the findings of this study to their training amidst this pandemic. For further validation, the same research is needed to identify the other areas or factors that affect physical activity barriers to team cohesiveness.
... Leadership effectiveness is believed to be vital to the success of individuals, groups, and organizations. For instance, style of the leader has been shown to impact group cohesion (Vahdani et al., 2012); organizational performance (Funda et al., 2014;Peris, Koech, & Namusonge, 2012); employee performance (Iqbal et al. 2015;Khan & Channar, 2016); and group effectiveness (Jung & John, 2002;Solat et al., 2017). Effective leaders motivate their followers, communicate a clear sense of purpose, and ultimately improve the performance of their teams and organizations (Harris, Wheeler, & Kacmar, 2009). ...
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... 2,3,42 This study conducted a systematic meta-analysis that examined the influence of coaches' leadership behavior, as identified by the LSS scale, 7 on team cohesion and athletic satisfaction. Team cohesion and athletic satisfaction are two psychological factors that have been the most widely studied theoretical constructs in the 26 Westre & Weiss (1991) 19 Craciun & Rus (2009) 31 Aoyagi et al. (2008) 34 Sarpira et al. (2012) 28 Ramzaninezhad & Keshtan (2009) 25 Alemu & Babu (2012) 29 Vahdani et al. (2012) 33 Turhan (2010) 32 context of organizational leadership. 42 Overall, our results indicated moderate to strong effects between coaches' leadership behavior, team cohesion, and player satisfaction. ...
As a team leader, a coach plays a significant role in helping his/her players obtain high levels of performance and success; therefore, a coach should possess skills to help his/her athletes accomplish such daunting tasks. We conducted a meta-analysis to evaluate the relationship between coaching behaviors, athlete satisfaction, and team cohesion. Moreover, we examined gender as a possible moderating variable. Two-hundred eighty-eight effect sizes were obtained from 24 studies that used Chelladurai’s sports leadership scale. Overall, a moderate relationship was found between leadership and cohesion, and a large relationship was found between leadership and satisfaction. Training/instruction was the highest contributor for both relationships. Gender moderated both relationships. It is important to recognize the influence leadership behaviors have on the psychological state of players, especially as sports evolve to be more challenging and multifaceted.
... Leadership, group environmental factor, group structure and group process as suggested by Carron is ignored as it is beyond the scope of the current study. Furthermore, research on leadership in cohesion is very common and has proven significant as well as correlate in improving cohesion by many researchers (Albert, 2002;Callow & Smith, 2009;Doherty, 1995;Eys et al., 2008;Mohd Taib & Norlena, 2010Mohsen, Reza, Mehrdad, Ali, & Mir, 2012;Rahim & Misagh, 2009). ...
The study seeks to investigate the effect of outdoor education camp toward group cohesion on the second year undergraduate teacher trainees from selected Teacher Education Institutes of Malaysia. It also examines the socio-demographic influences and sequence of activity that encourage group cohesion improvement. The study also attempts to shed light upon the delayed effect after two months completion of the camp. A pre-test and post-test approach with non-equivalent control group was utilised among 350 second year undergraduate students from four selected Teacher Education Institutes of Malaysia. Meanwhile, there is no control group used for the delayed post-test. A modified version of Group Environment Questionnaire (GEQ) and open ended questionnaire were used to gather data from pre, post and delayed post-test. Results from MANCOVA procedures suggested that the camp had positively improved the experimental group’s group cohesion. Previous experience, place of residence, gender and camp location were found to have significant influence on the improvement of group cohesion. However, the study also revealed that this gain diminished over the two month period as measured by the delayed post-test. Responses from teacher trainees found that sequence of activity from low to high risk activity is the appropriate and influenced students’ group cohesion improvement.
This study examines the influence of coaching leadership styles on team cohesiveness among female football players in Kerala, India. The research, including one hundred fifty female college football players aged 20 to 25, used the coaches' Leadership framework to examine the correlation between coach behavior and team cohesiveness. Data collection was conducted online using Google Forms, and the findings underscore the need for coaches to modify their leadership strategies to address their players' distinct demands and motivations. The results indicate that coaches who cultivate a friendly and collaborative atmosphere, promoting open communication and mutual respect, are likelier to improve team cohesiveness and overall performance. This research enhances the comprehension of leadership dynamics in women's sports and provides practical insights for coaches aiming to bolster team cohesiveness in female football teams.
Food security in the context of rapid urbanization has brought attention to the importance of sustainable city region food
systems. A global concept of food security encompass with availability, accessibility, utilization and stability of food.
However, does everyone in the society have equal opportunity to access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food that meets their
dietary needs and food preference, where 80% of world population is live below the poverty line? Even Colombo in general
as recognized as urbanized wealthy district in Sri Lanka, there are large number of vulnerable groups do have food security
issues. However, owing to the stereotype perception, food insecurity among citizens in Colombo has been over looked. The
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urban city region food security while recognizing the main indicators to show problem related to vegetable and fruits value
chain in Sri Lanka. The primary data for the study will be collected from representative random sample of vegetable food
value and fruits value chain actors through face to face interviews, open ended questionnaire in order to identify issue in chain.
Identified issues have been further analyzed with secondary data and indicators are derived to measure problem areas in food
value chain and food security impact. This paper introduces a conceptual framework to guide the food value chain issues and
its impact on food security. The conceptual framework specifically focuses on developing food security indicators for the
future decision making process. Finally, this study will be a foundation to suggest policies and strategies for the development
of economically, environmentally and socially sustainable city region food value chain that integrate urban and rural sectors
and actors such as all level of government, nongovernmental and community-based organizations, farmers’ organization, the
private sector and the research communities.
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has become the disruptive change agent in corporate sector. Both Government and Private organizations increasingly relying on ICT to improve productivity and gain competitive advantage. Even though the ICT increase their influence in modern business environment more than ever before, ICT usage in organizations has become just a marketing tool to display IT savviness to the world. There are no much evidences in Sri Lanka to accept the actual impact of ICT on business compared to its investment cost. Hence, the question of does the ICT actually Increase the organization Productivity? Academic literature have contradicting opinion regarding the matter. Some Researches concludes that ICT in fact increases the Organizations productivity while others do not, giving birth to the Theory of IT productivity paradox. Increasing Investments and Usage of ICT in Sri Lankan organizations proves the importance of finding the answer to the problem, Does ICT usage influence the Organization Productivity? Therefore, this research is focused on identifying the level of ICT usage, Organization productivity level and whether the ICT usage influences the organization productivity in Sri Lankan Private sector Organizations. For the convenience of studying scope is limited to Public Quoted companies in Sri Lanka which belong in three selected industry types, namely Banking Finance and Insurance, Hotel and Travel, Manufacturing. ICT usage is defined with, ICT Functionality usage and ICT Device usage which are identified as Independent variables of the conceptual model. Organization productivity is defined as Product or Service performance and Business process performance which are the dependent variables for this study. Industry type is considered a Control variable expecting to neutralize the impact the industry type has on Dependent variable. Results shows ICT devices usage deson't influence Organization's productivity while ICT functionality does positively influence productivity of the organization.