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Self-leadership strategies and career success: insight on sports organizations

Self-leadership strategies and career success: insight on sports organizations The purpose of this paper is to investigate the direct and indirect relationship between self-leadership strategies and career success, using self-efficacy as a mediator.Design/methodology/approachA quantitative methods approach was used to gather the data, using a sample of 418 registered individuals in sports organizations.FindingsThe results revealed that there is a significant relationship between self-leadership strategies and self-efficacy, and between self-efficacy and career success. Further, self-efficacy was found to fully mediate the relationship between the self-leadership and career success.Research limitations/implicationsThe paper provides an insight into the direct and indirect relationships between self-leadership and career success. In addition, this paper suggests future directions that researchers can undertake to advance self-leadership in the field of leadership research and the area of sport leadership.Originality/valueSelf-leadership has become an essential need today for most leadership roles in sport settings. The present study also advances self-leadership research in sport settings. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Sport Business and Management An International Journal Emerald Publishing

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Publisher
Emerald Publishing
Copyright
© Emerald Publishing Limited
ISSN
2042-678X
DOI
10.1108/sbm-02-2018-0006
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Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the direct and indirect relationship between self-leadership strategies and career success, using self-efficacy as a mediator.Design/methodology/approachA quantitative methods approach was used to gather the data, using a sample of 418 registered individuals in sports organizations.FindingsThe results revealed that there is a significant relationship between self-leadership strategies and self-efficacy, and between self-efficacy and career success. Further, self-efficacy was found to fully mediate the relationship between the self-leadership and career success.Research limitations/implicationsThe paper provides an insight into the direct and indirect relationships between self-leadership and career success. In addition, this paper suggests future directions that researchers can undertake to advance self-leadership in the field of leadership research and the area of sport leadership.Originality/valueSelf-leadership has become an essential need today for most leadership roles in sport settings. The present study also advances self-leadership research in sport settings.

Journal

Sport Business and Management An International JournalEmerald Publishing

Published: Sep 7, 2018

Keywords: Self-leadership; Self-efficacy; Career success; For-profit; Non-profit sports organizations

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