TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2023//
TI  - When leadership, relationships and psychological safety promote flourishing in sport and life
JO  - Sports coaching review
A1  - Gosai, Jyoti
A1  - Jowett, Sophia
A1  - Nascimento-Júnior, Jose Roberto Andrade Do
SP  - 145
EP  - 165
VL  - 12
IS  - 2
N2  - This study explored the associations between leadership and relationship constructs, as well as psychological safety in athletes' perceptions of flourishing and thriving. A total of 166 participants (males = 87; female = 79) from team sports completed a survey measuring athletes' perceptions of coach transformational leadership behaviours, coach-athlete relationship quality, team psychological safety, flourishing and thriving. A covariance-based structural equation modelling was employed. The analysis indicated that coach transformational leadership served as an antecedent to both team psychological safety and coach-athlete relationship quality. The analysis further highlighted that both relationship quality and psychological safety predicted athletes' flourishing and in turn thriving. Collectively, these findings suggest that coaches as leaders have a significant role to play in creating an environment that athletes feel valued, connected, confident and comfortable. In such environments, coaching becomes a process where coaches and athletes are fully integrated and sport becomes a worthwhile (inter)personal pursuit.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2164-0629
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21640629.2021.1936960
ID  - ref1
ER  -