ABSTRACT
TRANSFORMATIONAL AND TRANSACTIONAL LEADERSHIP
CHARACTERISTICS OF INTERCOLLAGIATE ATHLETES AND
NON-ATHLETES
M.S.Physical Education and Sports
Supervisor: Assoc.Prof.Dr.Settar KOÇ / AK
June 2010, 64 Pages
The main purpose of this study was to examine the transformational and
transactional leadership characteristics of intercollegiate athletes and non athletes.
The second purpose was to compare transformational and transactional leadership
characteristics in athletes and non-athletes.
In this study, 152 subjects were selected from seven different universities.
Data was collected through Turkish version of Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire
(MLQ) - Leader Form (Form 5X-Short).
Quantitative statistical analyses using SPSS confirmed the study' / s first and
second hypothesis through and independent samples t-test that the intercollegiate
athletes scored statistically higher on the MLQ (Multifactor Leadership
Questionnaire) 5X-Short than the non-athlete university students. MLQ 5X-Short
scores were subjected to t-test using the athlete2s gender, sport activity, team
membership, weekly exercise days, exercise in yearly based time. The test variables
were transformational and transactional leadership behaviors and subscales of them,
the grouping variables were intercollegiate athletes and non-athletes. Two out of
three Leadership behaviors were statistically significant when comparing
intercollegiate athletes and non athletes.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:METU/oai:etd.lib.metu.edu.tr:http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12612220/index.pdf |
| Date | 01 June 2010 |
| Creators | Akar, Aytug |
| Contributors | Kocak, Settar |
| Publisher | METU |
| Source Sets | Middle East Technical Univ. |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | M.S. Thesis |
| Format | text/pdf |
| Rights | To liberate the content for public access |
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