title: Leadership and satisfaction in tennis: examination of congruence, gender, and ability.
abstract: The study investigated: (a) the congruency hypothesis, and (b) the member characteristics hypotheses relating to ability and gender, of Chelladurai's (1978) Multidimensional Model of Leadership. One hundred forty-eight tennis players (77 women) competing at the NCAA Division I and II Tennis Championship level participated in the study. Results indicated athlete satisfaction (Athlete Satisfaction Scale; Riemer & Chelladurai, 1998) was not dependent on the congruence between preferred and perceived leadership behavior. Other results indicated that an athlete's level of ability did affect preferences for leadership behavior. Further, while athlete gender was responsible for some variance in preferences for autocratic behavior and positive feedback behavior, the gender of the athlete's coach had a significant effect on the athlete's preferences for social support behavior.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Physical Activity Studies, University of Regina. Harold.Riemer@uregina.ca
authors.forename: H A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Riemer
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Toon
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001076:Aptitude; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D008297:Male; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D010806:Physical Education and Training / Q000379:methods; D012044:Regression Analysis; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012737:Sex Factors; D013334:Students; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis; D013715:Tennis / Q000523:psychology*; D014495:Universities