Chelladurai's Multidimensional Model of Leadership
By: Dan Williams
John F. Kennedy University
Background
Objectives for the Presentation
The Model
- Packianathan Chelladurai
- Recognized scholar in management science
- Specializes in organizational theory and organizational behavior in the context of sport
- In 1984 Dr. Chelladurai developed his model of leadership based on his findings from the LSS
- Identified five types of leadership behavior
- Background
- Five Types of Leadership Behavior
- The Model
- Application to Sport Psychology
- Limitations
- In 1978 Chelladurai and Saleh developed the Leadership Scale for Sport (LSS) and refined it in 1980.
5 Types of Leadership Behavior
- Training and Instruction
- Democratic
- Autocratic
- Social Support
- Rewarding
References
Application to Sport Psychology
Limitations
- Differences in desirable characteristics of leaders
- Leadership is not always measured by what happens with the leader present
- Model does not examine how co-leaders may interact
- There are instances in which preferred behavior and required behavior can conflict and cause problems
- Model does not account for these types of situations
- Chelladurai, P., & Saleh, S. D. (1980). Dimensions of leader behaviors in sports: Development of a leadership scale. Journal of Sport Psychology, 2, 34-45.
- Martin, S. B., Jackson, A. W., Richardson, P. A., & Weiller, K. H. (1999). Coaching preferences of adolescent youths and their parents. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, 11, 247-262.
- Penn State SMEAL College of Business (2015). Packianathan Chelladurai. Retrieved from: http://www.smeal.psu.edu/csbr/board-members/packianathan-chelladurai
- Sportpsych.wikispaces.com (n.d.). Chelladurai's multidimensional model of leadership. Retrieved from: sportspsych.wikispaces.com/file/view/ChelladuraiMML
- Identify leaders
- Coaches and practitioners
- LSS
- Identify preferred leadership qualities
- Coaches and players
- Teach leadership qualities
- Helps create better leaders
- For coaches and players
- Reveal dynamics of leadership behavior