Leadership Styles and Occupational Stress Among College Athletic Directors: the Moderating Effect of Program Goals.

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Leadership Styles and Occupational Stress among College Athletic Directors: The Moderating Effect of Program Goals. Abstract Summary When an individual is in their workplace environment, interaction between the individual’s abilities and perceived demands are contributions to job-related stress much more than that of dispositional or situational factors alone. In the author’s research he evaluated 245 male intercollegiate athletic directors to assess two factors. One, leadership styles and two, program goals to see if these were affected by occupational stress. After research and regression analysis were through, it showed that both factors were indeed significant effects of leadership styles and program goals in the prediction of emotional exhaustion, daily job stress, personal accomplishment, and personal drive. The author’s findings are based upon person environment fir theory and the way they perceive control within their workplace environment. The environment fit theory is defined in the way that the environment and personal characteristics match. Leadership Styles and Occupational Stress among College Athletic Directors: The Moderating Effect of Program Goals. College athletic directors are busy people. They provide guidance and direction for a school’s sports program. They prepare a budget and allocate spending on items like coach’s salaries, team travel, equipment purchases, and facility upkeep. Athletic directors also work with coaches and conferences to schedule games, tournaments, and practices. Typically, they write reviews for teams and their success. They might have to situate any disputes between players and teammates. These tasks and many others are good examples of how an athletic director can get stressed out very quickly. Over the past 20 years psychosocial demands within the workplace have

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