RESEARCH_FILE
Mark R. Beauchamp
University of British Columbia
Known for:Conceptual model of role ambiguity in sport teams and research linking coaching leadership behaviors to athletes' role clarity
SEE THE PRACTICE
Turn a thought this research explains into one clear move.
THE THOUGHT
“If we lose it's because I didn't lead well enough”
YOUR RECORDED RESPONSE
“The scoreline measures the game. It doesn't measure whether I led well.”
ONE PRIVATE MOVE
Set a 5-minute timer tonight and write down one specific call you made in the loss, separate from the final score — nobody else needs to see the page.
Key findings
- 2002
Proposed and validated a four-dimension, two-context (offense/defense) operational model of role ambiguity in sport teams, providing the basis for the Role Ambiguity Scale used across the field. Role Ambiguity, Role Efficacy, and Role Performance: Multidimensional and Mediational Relationships Within Interdependent Sport Teams ↗
- 2005
Coaches' training-and-instruction and positive-feedback leadership behaviors were associated with athletes' subsequently lower perceptions of role ambiguity, pointing to leadership style as a lever for reducing it. Leadership Behaviors and Multidimensional Role Ambiguity Perceptions in Team Sports ↗