The effects of authentic leadership on athlete outcomes: An experimental study

Malloy, Ella, Kavussanu, Maria and Mackman, Thomas (2023) The effects of authentic leadership on athlete outcomes: An experimental study. Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology, 12 (1). pp. 29-42. ISSN 2157-3905

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Abstract

Authentic leadership is a form of leadership that could be promising in sport. However, to date, very few studies have examined this leadership style in sport, and most studies have been cross-sectional. The purpose of this research was to investigate the effects of authentic leadership on a range of athlete outcomes in an experimental setting. To this end, we conducted an experiment, using a three condition (high, low, neutral authentic leadership) between-participant design. A total of 129 participants (Mage = 19.36; 76 females) were randomly assigned to a high, low, or neutral authentic leadership condition. We manipulated authentic leadership using scripts depicting an imaginary coach and examined the influence of this manipulation on participants’ trust, enjoyment, commitment, cheating, aggression, and anticipated guilt for cheating and aggression. A series of analyses of variance indicated that participants in the high authentic leadership condition reported that, if they played for the imaginary coach, they would feel greater trust, be more committed, experience greater enjoyment, and be less likely to be aggressive compared to participants in the low and neutral authentic leadership conditions. There were no effects on cheating or anticipated guilt for cheating or aggression.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	This paper is not the copy of record and may not exactly replicate the authoritative document published in the APA journal. The final article is available, upon publication, at: https://doi.org/10.1037/spy0000307.
Uncontrolled Keywords:	aggression,cheating,coaching,commitment,enjoyment,social psychology,physical therapy, sports therapy and rehabilitation,applied psychology ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/3200/3207
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > School of Health Sciences
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Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	10 Oct 2025 14:32
Last Modified:	07 Nov 2025 01:27
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/100695
DOI:	10.1037/spy0000307

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