What is it about?
Who am I? and Why do we do what we do? are fundamental questions about human behaviour. Indeed, why are highly successful coaches so driven?
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Why is it important?
This paper outlines an application of McAdams' integrated personality framework that moves beyond a focus on traits to understand coaches' behaviour. It extends previous research to also consider personal strivings and narrative identity.
Perspectives
This the first paper to use a comprehensive and integrated personality framework (McAdams) to understand the person behind the coach - what are the deep driving forces that underpin why we do what we do. It was the pilot study for the ICCE Serial Winning Coaches project that I led (Mallett & Lara-Bercial, 2016).
Cliff Mallett
University of Queensland
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This page is a summary of: The Anatomy of a Successful Olympic Coach: Actor, Agent, and Author, International Sport Coaching Journal, May 2016, Human Kinetics,
DOI: 10.1123/iscj.2015-0069.
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