Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of illustrations -- 1. Introduction -- Structure of the book -- References -- 2. Coaching effectiveness and leadership: a theoretical perspective -- Facilitative coach behaviours versus detrimental coach behaviours -- Measuring sport coach behaviour -- Instruments and measures -- Coaching leadership styles -- A new definition of leadership within the sport coaching domain -- Future direction of sport coaching leadership models: the social identity perspective -- Social power in sports coaching -- Summary -- References -- 3. A social identity theory of leadership -- Introduction -- The psychology of leadership -- The new psychology of leadership: a social identity approach -- Social identity and group behaviour -- Key components of being an effective social identity leader -- Summary -- References -- 4. Developing a social identify measure for leadership in sport coaching -- Method -- Results -- Summary -- References -- 5. The effects of social identity on coaching competence, sport motivation and sport confidence -- Proposed study path model for testing -- Method -- Results -- Discussion -- Summary -- Reference -- 6. Analysis of social identity on coach evaluations, sport motivation and sport confidence across a large athlete sample -- Proposed study path model for testing -- Method -- Results -- Discussion -- Summary -- References -- 7. Synthesizing the theoretical outcomes of investigating social identity -- Study 1 -- Study 2 -- Study 3 -- References -- 8. Research and practical implications -- Research limitations -- Final summary -- References -- The social identity scale 1: Athlete perceptions of coach -- Social identity scale 2: Athlete perceptions of team -- The coach evaluation scale -- Index