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The purpose of this study was to examine the top five HIGH5 leadership strengths of collegiate level student-athletes in relation to formal and informal leaders. Collegiate student-athletes (N = 97) completed the HIGH5 Test, designed to assess leadership strengths. A frequency analysis was conducted on the whole population resulting in the strengths of: Coach, Empathizer, Deliverer, Time Keeper, and Philomath emerging as prominent. Formal and informal leaders’ strengths were also analyzed. Emergent strengths shared between formal and informal leaders were: Deliverer, Time Keeper, Coach, and Empathizer. Whereas the strength of Believer emerged in formal leaders and Optimist and Thinker emerged in informal leaders. Finally, a frequency analysis was conducted on male and female strengths with shared emergent strengths appearing as: Coach, Philomath, Empathizer, Winner, and Deliverer. The strength of Self-Believer emerged prominently in males, whereas the strength of Time Keeper emerged in females.

Year of Submission

2023

Degree Name

Master of Arts

Department

Department of Kinesiology

First Advisor

Windee Weiss

Date Original

7-2023

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1 PDF file (ix, 73 pages)

Language

en

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application/pdf

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