Tag: Sakari Holopainen

This study by Sakari Holopainen, Mihaly Szerovay, Niilo Konttinen and Marja Kokkonen explored the types of leadership characteristics found in a men’s national football team. The research question was: What leadership characteristics describe a men’s national football team? Our data comprised 182 pages of transcripts of interviews with five coaches and two players from a men’s national team. The team’s leadership structure was characterized  by the coaching staff and players having clear roles while leaving space for informal leaders to emerge as needed.