The Player’s Preference for Different Paternalistic Leadership Styles in Coaches – A Case Study on High School Korfball

• Main Authors: HSU,CHIA-CHING。, 許家菁
• Other Authors: OU,HSIA-HUNG
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2019
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/b85ccb

碩士 === 國立體育大學 === 休閒產業經營學系 === 107 === This study aims at investigating the preference of high school korfball players for coaches of different-styled paternalistic leadership by applying paternalistic leadership therories and adopting the unstructured interview approach. The study employed a qualitative research method, collecting and analyzing data via in- depth interviews. The subjects of this research were high school korfball players officially enrolled at the 2018 academic year’s Chung-Cheng Cup ; the study examined the leaders’ styles and approaches, the players’ sense of value and achievement, the players’ future career plans, and dynamic changes in the ternary leadership. Research results concluded that: (1) the coach’s leadership changes according to the player’s performance, (2) the manifestation and changes in paternalistic leadership is a result of mutual influence between the player and the coach, and (3) the player’s career developments is impacted by the coach’s leadership actions. Results also indicate that, according to interviews with players, among different styles of paternalistic leadership, 7 players preferred strict-styled coaches, 3 preferred laissez-faire coaches, while 6 preferred the moralistic style. The analysis results were compared against related literature before conclusions were offered, which are presented in the final paper.