This study tried to find out the preferred cultural value inclination of athletes and analyze how they felt the leaders' leadership behavior.
In order to accomplish this;
First, tried to see if there are any differences in the preferred cultural val...
This study tried to find out the preferred cultural value inclination of athletes and analyze how they felt the leaders' leadership behavior.
In order to accomplish this;
First, tried to see if there are any differences in the preferred cultural value inclination of athletes according to their sex, age, and prize-winning career.
Second, tried to examine how they perceive leadership behavior according to their sex, age, and prize-winning career.
Third, examined if there are any difference in perceiving leadership behavior according to the preferred cultural value inclination of athletes.
A total of 283 athletes(182 middle and high school students, 101 college students) participated in this experiment. They belong to the individual and team sports in Kwangju·Cholla-namdo.
The results can be summarized as follows;
First, males tended to be vertical-collectivism whereas females horizontal-individualism.
Second, middle school players tended to take horizontal- individualism, high school players horizontal-individualism and vertical-collectivism, whereas college players tended to take vertical-collectivism. Especially, most young players took the high inclination of horizontal-individualism.
Third, high prize-winners showed the tendency of horizontal-individualism, medium prize winners showed horizontal-collectivism, whereas players who failed to get a prize showed vertical-collectivism.
Fourth, there was no difference in perceiving the leadership behavior according to sex.
Fifth, there was difference in training and instruction behavior in perceiving the leadership behavior according to age.
Sixth, there was difference in training-instruction behavior and authoritative behavior according to the prize-winning career.
Seventh, there was difference in training-instruction behavior and authoritative behavior according to the preferred cultural value inclination of athletes.