Unpicking the Emperor's New Clothes: Perceived Attributes of the Captain in Sports Teams.

ABSTRACT: Much importance has been assigned to the role of the team captain. In this article, we test whether today's team captains live up to these high expectations. Furthermore, we provide greater insight into the selection procedures leading to a captain's appointment and assess how this process impacts upon the captain's perceived leadership qualities. Adopting a mixed methods design, a total of 398 participants (226 players and 172 coaches) listed the attributes of both their current team captain and their ideal captain. Altogether, participants listed 635 attributes for their current team captain and 919 attributes for their ideal team captain. Both inductive and deductive approaches were used to analyze these qualitative data. Furthermore, quantitative data were obtained on the perceived inf

SUBMITTER: Fransen K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6787266 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature