A STUDY OF LEADERSHIP EFFECTIVENESS (DEMOCRATIC BEHAVIOUR) OF COACHES IN INDIA

Dr. Rahul Kanojia and Prof. B. Basumatary

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to compare leadership effectiveness of coaches belonging to central government State government and universities of India. All subjects were selected randomly. Overall 90 coaches 30 from central government, 30 from State government and 30 from universities were selected for the study. Leadership effectiveness was measured by using leadership scale for sports (LSS) developed by P. Chelladurai, S.D. Saleh. To compare Leadership effectiveness of coaches Analysis of variance was used with .05 level of Significance. Results: In democratic behaviour of leadership effectiveness showed university coaches were best among the three groups with mean values of (4.23) followed by central government coaches with (2.49) mean values and state government coaches with mean value of (2.15).

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