Abstract des Autors

This study attempted to determine if students and athletes whose perceptions of leader behavior were similar to their teachers and coaches evaluated them more favorably than students and athletes whose perceptions were less similar. The subjects were twelve teachers and 162 students and eleven coaches and 125 athletes from two colleges in Northern California. Perceptions of leader behavior were measured by Chelladurai and Saleh's Leadership-Scale for Sport (LSS) and teaching and coaching effectiveness were measured by slightly modified versions of the Instructor Opinion Questionnaire (IOQ). A difference score between students/teachers and athletes/coaches was generated for the LSS's five dimensions of leader behavior. These five scores were then correlated with twelve evaluation scores generated by the IOQ. Students whose perceptions were similar to their teachers in three of five dimensions of leader behavior (viz, training and instruction, autocratic behavior, and positive feedback) evaluated them more favorably (p > .05) than students whose perceptions were less similar of three or more questions measuring teaching effectiveness. Athletes whose perceptions were similar to their coaches in four dimensions of leader behavior (viz, training and instruction, democratic behavior, autocratic behavior, and positive feedback) evaluated them more favorably than athletes whose perceptions were less similar on two or more questions measuring coaching effectiveness. Verf.-Referat