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| Article Name : | | | A STUDY OF LEADERSHIP BEHAVIOUR AS PREFERRED BY INTER-VARSITY LEVEL JUDO ATHLETES | | Author Name : | | | R. K. Sharma | | Publisher : | | | Ashok Yakkaldevi | | Article Series No. : | | | ISRJ-309 | | Article URL : | |  | Author Profile | | Abstract : | | | The purpose of this study was to investigate and compare the leadership preferences of inter- university level male and female judo athletes. For this purpose, two hundred sixty four (Males=140, females =124) of inter-university level judo athletes representing their respective university in inter-university competitions were selected to serve as subjects for this study. The subjects were in age group of 18 to 23 years. The subjects were selected from among the male and female Judo athletes taken part in All India Inter-University competitions during the 2007-2008 session. The leadership scale for sports development and prepared by P. Chelladuri (1994) was used to measure the preferred leader behaviour of inter-University level male and female Judo athletes on five dimension of leader behaviour. To find out the significance of difference between means scores of preferences on leader behaviour dimension of male and female Judo athletes, t-ratio was computed. The results of the study revealed that inter – university level male and female judo athletes exhibited different preferences on five dimensions of leader behaviour. Both sex judo athletes preferred their coaches more on training and instruction followed by positive feedback, social support , democratic behaviour and autocratic behaviour. | | Keywords : | | - preferences
- judo athletes
- gender
- interuniversity level
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