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Examining The Psychometric Properties Of A Shared Leadership Inventory For The Study Of Athlete Leadership, Mason B. Sheppard

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Athlete leadership researchers have examined the leadership behaviours of athletes with inventories that were originally developed from other fields of research (e.g., military leadership). The approach typically adopted was to assess athlete leadership by rating the behaviours of a few selected athlete leaders (e.g., captains). The problem with this approach is that athlete leadership is a shared phenomenon consisting of numerous athletes (Loughead, 2017). In fact, within the definition of athlete leadership is the notion that the leadership behaviours exhibited by athletes are shared amongst numerous teammates (Loughead et al., 2021). Yet, the inventories used to assess athlete leadership do …