An Exploration of Transformational Leadership Preferences Among Women Sports Leaders in the Kingdom of Bahrain

• Authors: Latifa Abdalla
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The topic of leadership has attracted considerable interest amongst academics and practitioners. Much of the interest in the area of leadership is based on explicit and implicit claims that leadership styles are linked to organizational performance. This study aimed to examine the transformational leadership style among women sports leaders in the Kingdom of Bahrain. A total of 16 female sports leaders from the Kingdom of Bahrain participated in this study. The Multi-factor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ) was used to determine the transformational leadership style of individuals. A demographic questionnaire was also administered to collect participants’ personal data. The results indicated that transformational leadership style is moderate among women sports leaders in the Kingdom of Bahrain, thus we need to develop the leadership skills of women sports leaders in the Kingdom of Bahrain.

Keywords

EN

transformational leadership; Women Leaders; Kingdom of Bahrain

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Physical Culture and Sport. Studies and Research
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 57
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 29-32

Dates

published

1 - 03 - 2013

online

15 - 03 - 2013

Contributors

author

Latifa Abdalla

• Ministry of Education, Kingdom of Bahrain

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/pcssr-2013-0005