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Character In Leadership: Perceptions Of Canadian Intercollegiate Athletics Administrators, William Z. Weese Aug 2017

Character In Leadership: Perceptions Of Canadian Intercollegiate Athletics Administrators, William Z. Weese

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Despite the importance of administrative leadership in high performance sport, minimal attention has been given to the area of leader character by sport management researchers. The current study examined the prevalence, perceived importance, and value of leader character within Canadian interuniversity athletics programs. Leader character was quantitatively measured using the Leader Character Insight Assessment (LCIA) instrument (Crossan et al., 2013a). Differences between sex, position, and experience were also examined. Overall, Accountability and Integrity were the most prevalent leader character dimensions. Sex of administrators did not yield any significant differences between dimensions. Athletic Directors perceived Transcendence to be more important to …