ABSTRACT
Effective leadership theories must encompass the leader-follower relationship, engage with the social process involved and be considered at group level. Social identity (SI) theory provides such a model, enabling an explanation of the behaviour of individuals in terms of their complex identification with salient groups in their lives. In order to explore an SI theory of leadership in coaching there is the issue of measurement. The chapter aims to develop and test measures that could be used in further exploring the utility of an SI theory of leadership in sport coaching and this has been successfully accomplished. L. G. Pelletier et al.s Sport Motivation Scale is a measure of contextual motivation which is intended to identify the perceived reasons for participating in sport. Scholarship on leadership has moved away from an individual-level definition and moved instead towards regarding it as a dyadic, relational, strategic, and complex social dynamic.
