Paul Cummins, Ian O'Boyle (University of South Australia), Tony Cassidy (UK Ulster University)

Broschiertes Buch

Leadership in Sports Coaching

A Social Identity Approach

Beschreibung

This book focuses on leadership in sports coaching, exploring key concepts and principles underpinned by a presentation of new empirical research. Placing social identity theory at its centre, this book provides students and researchers with a powerful tool for understanding the complex social dynamic that is the coaching process.

Autor

Paul Cummins is managing director of SeaChange Ltd., an organisational development company that focuses on leadership, culture and lean management. Paul has also lectured in performance psychology at the University of Ulster, UK. His research interests include various aspects of leadership in sport, athlete transitions, culture change and social identity, particularly as they apply within the sports coaching context. Within the applied sports setting, Paul is a qualified sport psychologist who has worked with Olympic-level athletes and top coaches seeking to increase their leadership and overall coaching performance. Ian O'Boyle is a senior lecturer in sport and recreation management in the School of Management at the University of South Australia. His research interests relate to the broad topic of leadership and governance in sport and other associated disciplines within the field of sport management. He has previously been affiliated with University of Ulster in the UK and Massey University in New Zealand. He has published widely within sport studies including in leading sport coaching journals. Tony Cassidy is professor of child and family health psychology at Ulster University, UK

Produktdetails

• Routledge Research in Sports Coaching
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Februar 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 218g
• ISBN-13: 9780367233396
• ISBN-10: 0367233398
• Artikelnr.: 56919508