| dc.description.abstract | The main purpose of this study is to determine
if coach leadership behavior serves as a mediator between
factors affecting said leader behavior and team success in
sports. The research data were obtained from one hundred
and sixty (n=160) athletes participated in inter university
games with special reference to Western Province Sri
Lankan. Team sports considered included, hockey,
basketball, volleyball and Elle. Revised leadership scale
for Sports questionnaire (RLSS) was used to access the
coach leadership behavior and a modified questionnaire
was used to access the factors affecting to it and the
team success. The method used to collect data was cross
sectional. SPSS version 16.0 was used for data analysis.
Methods used to analyze data were General Linear model
and Multiple Linear Regression. The Cronbach`s alpha
obtained with the present sample was 0891. Appropriate
correlations with theoretically linked constructs
demonstrated criterion and concurrent validity. The
results revealed coach leadership behavior as a mediator
of the relationship between and factors affecting to coach
leadership style and team success suggesting that factors
affecting to coach leader behavior may enhance coach
behavior in the task of successful performance. Mediating
effect was first tested through calculating path coefficients
and further conducted the Sobel`s test to validate the
previous results. | en_US |
