Transformational and authentic leadership are two models of leadership, which have some similarities and are relevant to sport. However, these leadership models are also distinct and consequently may predict athlete outcomes differently. Authentic leadership has received little attention in sport and so research is needed to examine how it is unique in terms of what it adds to dominant sport leadership models. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether authentic leadership (a) is empirically distinct from transformational leadership and (b) adds to transformational leadership by explaining unique variance in commitment and enjoyment. A total of 421 (227 female, M_age = 20.32) team sport athletes took part in the study by completing a questionnaire. Authentic leadership was correlated to transformational leadership, suggesting transformational and authentic leadership show some convergent validity. However, Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) revealed that authentic leadership also shows discriminant validity to transformational leadership and has incremental predictive power above that of transformational leadership, in terms of predicting athletes’ enjoyment and commitment. Our findings enhance our understanding of authentic leadership in sport and clearly show that it is distinct from transformational leadership. They also highlight the importance of authentic leadership and how it adds to transformational leadership in terms of predicting athletes’ commitment and enjoyment.

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体育中真实领导力和变革型领导力的比较

变革型领导和真实领导是两种领导模式，它们有一些相似之处并且与体育相关。然而，这些领导力模型也各不相同，因此可能会以不同的方式预测运动员的成绩。真正的领导在体育运动中很少受到关注，因此需要进行研究来检验它在为主流体育领导模型增加的内容方面有何独特之处。本研究的目的是调查真正的领导（a）是否在经验上与变革型领导不同，（b）通过解释承诺和享受的独特差异来增加变革型领导。共421（227女，M_岁= 20.32) 团队运动运动员通过完成问卷调查参与了研究。真实领导与变革型领导相关，表明变革型领导和真实领导显示出一定的收敛效度。然而，结构方程建模（SEM) 揭示，在预测运动员的享受和承诺方面，真实领导也显示出对变革型领导的区分有效性，并且具有高于变革型领导的增量预测能力。我们的研究结果增强了我们对体育中真正领导力的理解，并清楚地表明它与变革型领导不同。他们还强调了真实领导的重要性，以及它如何在预测运动员的承诺和享受方面增加变革型领导。