Leadership is a fundamental aspect of sports performance, particularly within team sport
environments. Over the past 25 years there has been significant research exploring the role …

This chapter focuses on expressive features of nonverbal behavior (NVB) that are
associated with certain internal states and (potentially) influence personal and interpersonal …

Although coaches and players recognise the importance of leaders within the team,
research on athlete leadership is sparse. The present study expands knowledge of athlete …

The present study examined the impact of athlete leaders' perceived confidence on their
teammates' confidence and performance. Male basketball players (N= 102) participated in …

Leaders do not operate in social vacuums, but are imbedded in a web of interpersonal
relationships with their teammates and coach. The present manuscript is the first to use …

Objectives Sports games are inherently emotional situations. Although a plethora of
research has investigated how athletes' emotions influence their own performance, scant …

The present research examines the impact of leaders' confidence in their team on the team
confidence and performance of their teammates. In an experiment involving newly …

Research on the effect of athlete leadership on precursors of team performance such as
team confidence is sparse. To explore the underlying mechanisms of how athlete leaders …

Objectives This study examines how perceptions of role ambiguity, role conflict, team
conflict, and cohesion can predict collective efficacy in sports teams. Design We adopted a …

This research aimed to introduce social network analysis as a novel technique in sports
teams to identify the attributes of high-quality athlete leadership, both at the individual and at …