This paper examines leadership discourse in a small, non-commercial organisation with a
hierarchical structure, a rugby club. The focus of the research is the captain of the club and …

In sports teams, the way in which leaders such as coaches and captains communicate with
players is vital to the success of the team. However, despite extensive psychological and …

The study of leadership has attracted scholarly attention for decades and has been studied
from various disciplines and analytical approaches; yet leadership remains an ambiguous …

Using the concept of distributed leadership, this paper demonstrates not only that having
multiple leaders in an organisation is an effective way of structuring leadership, but that it …

In line with recent developments in leadership research which conceptualise leadership as
a discursive and collaborative process rather than a set of static attributes and …

Goffman's dramaturgical model of interaction is often used to examine how communicative
events are framed differently in public and private settings. However, this idea has …

Struggle is inherent in social interaction and meaning making. The argument proposed in
this chapter is that rugby coaches face a struggle when moving between private-facing (intra …

A wide range of literature exists on coaching but it is concerned predominantly with the high
school and college levels, is based upon athlete or coach perceptions, or is confined to …

Kieran File—an Associate Professor in the Centre for Applied Linguistics at the University of
Warwick, United Kingdom—has drawn on his experiences teaching professional …

ABSTRACT HIGHLIGHTS Hybrid management, leadership and coaching work involved
navigating complex webs of relations. Strategic interaction generated “buy-in”, space and …