Heliyon (Jun 2024)
Research on abusive supervision of sports teams under the Chinese parental leadership: Perspective based on contingency theory
Abstract
The abusive supervision of sports teams under the characteristics of Chinese parental leadership have an adverse effect on the cognition and behavior of athletes, and promote the development and continuation of the internal mechanisms of Chinese sports teams. Based on previous literature on sports team management, this review summarizes and deduces the antecedent variables of abusive supervision in sports teams from three main dimensions: Coaches, Sports team and Athletes. At the same time, the formation mechanism of abusive supervision under parental leadership in China is analyzed. The antecedent variables include: Extreme personality, Family disagreements, Poor mental state, Sports team conflict, Ineffective leadership, Laggard management theory, Weak training atmosphere, Bad training conditions, Negative competition pressure, Extreme character, Negative training attitude and Poor performance in the match. The research conclusions are as follows: Firstly, authoritarian coaches are prone to abusive supervision due to the individual characteristics of coaches, and the abuse behavior will lead to different feedback performances of athletes, resulting in the atmosphere deviation of sports teams. Secondly, moral leadership coaches rely on virtue to engage in abusive behavior and need to avoid negative cycles within the team that affect overall performance. Thirdly, the performance behavior of benevolent leadership coaches can avoid or counteract abusive supervision, but is prone to ineffective performance. Therefore, the review believes that, in the management of Chinese sports teams, Contingency Theory should be combined to adopt different leadership behaviors based on people, time, and place, in order to achieve the best results and optimal management.
