Towards Positive Leadership In Non-Profit Organizations
Lindman, Saana (2017)
Lindman, Saana
Haaga-Helia ammattikorkeakoulu
2017
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201705036164
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201705036164
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The aim of this thesis was to study the current usage of positive leadership methods in figure skating clubs in Finland, and to give practical tools for the clubs to apply positive leadership in their daily basis actions. Most of the non-profit sport organizations are lead by voluntary based boards and the president of the board is the superior of the coaches. In figure skating most of the coaches are paid workers and therefore they should have the rights for decent working surroundings. The author has years of experience as a coach and has seen the need for the improvements in the field.
The study was created by using both quantitative survey and triangulation methods. The author contacted 76 figure skating clubs out of the 80 figure skating clubs in Finland, which made this a census study. The data was gathered with Webropol survey and analyzed by using Webropol and Microsoft Excel. One third of the Finland’s figure skating clubs participated in the research. The data was collected regionally within the whole Finland and there were both small and big clubs participated.
According to the self-evaluations made by the leaders, the current usage of positive leadership methods were quite high in the clubs. The average of the leaders emphasized positive leadership in their responses: rates in all four positive leadership categories differed from 3,56 to 3,84 in scale of 1 to 5. By contrast, the coaches did not value the positive leadership as much as the leaders did in their responses: the rates in all four positive leadership categories varied from 2,54 to 2,81. The difference was statistically very significant (p<0,001). The responses of the coaches deviated more often and the rate was clearly lower in comparison to those made by the leaders: thoroughly the coaches rated all four positive leadership categories one numeric value lower compared to leaders. When compared the responses between the superiors’ (superior status in daily job) and non-superiors’ (employee status in daily job) were statistically almost significant (p<0,05): responses of the non-superiors were only slightly higher.
The author proposes practical guidelines for the figure skating clubs in Finland to improve actions towards positive leadership. If implemented, those guidelines will enable the usage of positive leadership skills and competences in daily basis and take the club to the next level towards flourishing.
The study was created by using both quantitative survey and triangulation methods. The author contacted 76 figure skating clubs out of the 80 figure skating clubs in Finland, which made this a census study. The data was gathered with Webropol survey and analyzed by using Webropol and Microsoft Excel. One third of the Finland’s figure skating clubs participated in the research. The data was collected regionally within the whole Finland and there were both small and big clubs participated.
According to the self-evaluations made by the leaders, the current usage of positive leadership methods were quite high in the clubs. The average of the leaders emphasized positive leadership in their responses: rates in all four positive leadership categories differed from 3,56 to 3,84 in scale of 1 to 5. By contrast, the coaches did not value the positive leadership as much as the leaders did in their responses: the rates in all four positive leadership categories varied from 2,54 to 2,81. The difference was statistically very significant (p<0,001). The responses of the coaches deviated more often and the rate was clearly lower in comparison to those made by the leaders: thoroughly the coaches rated all four positive leadership categories one numeric value lower compared to leaders. When compared the responses between the superiors’ (superior status in daily job) and non-superiors’ (employee status in daily job) were statistically almost significant (p<0,05): responses of the non-superiors were only slightly higher.
The author proposes practical guidelines for the figure skating clubs in Finland to improve actions towards positive leadership. If implemented, those guidelines will enable the usage of positive leadership skills and competences in daily basis and take the club to the next level towards flourishing.