ABSTRACT

National team coaches are tasked to increase athlete capacity for success – a key task of theirs is leading the athletes and team’s entourage. Few studies have detailed empirical accounts of leadership at the organisational-, team-, and individual level. This qualitative case study of institutional leadership examined how three national team coaches, who also have the role of high-performance directors, organise and lead their teams. Within the context of these successful Norwegian national teams, we identified how the coaches lead in ways that are consistent with leadership functions captured in institutional leadership, which focuses on the creation of structures and interactions that promote and protect the key organisational and societal values. Still, the coaches pursued this structuring and interactions in distinct ways, leading to distinctive organisational practices. The findings of the study stress the importance of considering contextual elements when leading athletes and entourage that pertain to national teams.

摘要

国家队教练的任务是提高运动员取得成功的能力——他们的一项关键任务是领导运动员和随行人员。很少有研究对组织、团队和个人层面的领导力进行详细的实证解释。这个机构领导力的定性案例研究考察了三位国家队教练如何组织和领导他们的团队，他们也担任高绩效总监的角色。在这些成功的挪威国家队的背景下，我们确定了教练如何以与机构领导中捕获的领导职能一致的方式领导，其重点是创建促进和保护关键组织和社会价值的结构和互动。尽管如此，教练们还是以不同的方式追求这种结构和互动，导致独特​​的组织实践。该研究的结果强调了在领导与国家队有关的运动员和随行人员时考虑背景因素的重要性。