Outdoor Leadership Skills: A Program Perspective

Shooter, Wynn; Sibthorp, Jim; Paisley, Karen

doi:10.1177/105382590903200102

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“…There are various management and leadership styles in search and rescue operations. Knapp stated that a balanced leader should be competent in both simple and difficult skills (24). Management-by-exception active, one of the dimensions of transactional leadership, can be categorized within capability factor.…”

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An analysis of leadership characteristics of search and rescue volunteers

Gürer

Adiloğulları²

2015

Turk J Sport Exe

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The main purpose of this study was to analyze the leadership behaviors of volunteer leaders in search and rescue field. 118 volunteer leaders attended this study on a volunteer basis. Data were collected through the use of the Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire, which was developed by Bass & Avolio (1985) and adapted into Turkish by Demir & Okan. 20 items were used to measure transformational leadership while 16 of them were applied for transactional leadership. One Way Anova and T-test statistics were used in order to evaluate the data. Consequently, it was observed that intellectual motivation and individualized consideration of the participants change according to educational variables. Management-by-exception in its passive form indicated a remarkable difference in terms of gender. It is also found that leaders are expected to motivate the members mentally in order to increase the level of motivation. High level of the individual knowledge of a leader is pointed out as an important issue by the participants. Although there is an autocratic structure in search and rescue, a good leadermember relationship is thought to provide certain advantages. Accordingly, the leader who could promote trust among the members of the team is perceived as a sophisticated leader.

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An analysis of leadership characteristics of search and rescue volunteers

Gürer

Adiloğulları²

2015

Turk J Sport Exe

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“…Guides' leadership skills include hard skills (first aid, navigation, how to operate things, knowledge, physical abilities) and soft skills (communication, empathy, decisiveness, time management, flexibility). The classification into hard skills and soft skills is disputed (Shooter et al 2009). A third category has been proposed under several names (such as conceptual, operational, meta-skills) and classification into technical skills, interpersonal skills and judgement and decision-making has been proposed (ibid.).…”

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Strengthening Tourists’ Engagement in Guided Hiking and Trekking

Leister

2019

Administrative Sciences

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Many providers in adventure travel promote organised hiking and trekking tours. Such guided tours shall be engaging for the tourists and evoke positive attitudes towards enjoying nature. We present the Trekking Engagement Profile as a tool to evaluate engagement factors of such guided tours, based on engagement research performed in a different domain, namely evaluating engagement in museums and science centres. This tool shall strengthen the guides’ soft skills and enable them to increase engagement during an ongoing arrangement. For instance, the Trekking Engagement Profile can be applied when tourists indicate that the quality of a guided tour is not entirely to their liking. We show the viability of using the Trekking Engagement Profile in a small study with guides and participants of trekking tours offered by the Norwegian Trekking Association. Further, we offer guidance and charts to promote its practical use.

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“…Guides' leadership skills include hard skills (first aid, navigation, how to operate things, knowledge, physical abilities) and soft skills (communication, empathy, decisiveness, time management, flexibility). The classification into hard skills and soft skills is disputed [20]. A third category has been proposed under several names (such as conceptual, operational, meta-skills) and a classification into technical skills, interpersonal skills, and judgement and decision making has been proposed (ibid.).…”

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Strengthening Tourists’ Engagement in Guided Hiking and Trekking

Leister¹

2019

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Organised hiking and trekking tours are promoted by many providers in adventure travel. Such guided tours shall be engaging for the tourists and evoke positive attitudes towards enjoying nature. We present the Trekking Engagement Profile as a tool to evaluate engagement factors of such guided tours, based on engagement research performed in a different domain, namely evaluating engagement in museums and science centres. This tool shall strengthen guides’ soft skills and enable them to increase engagement during an ongoing arrangement. For instance, the Trekking Engagement Profile can be applied when tourists indicate that the quality of a guided tour is not entirely to their liking. We show the viability of using the Trekking Engagement Profile in a small study with guides and participants of trekking tours offered by the Norwegian Trekking Association. Further, we offer guidance and charts to promote its practical use.

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Outdoor Leadership Skills: A Program Perspective

Cited by 30 publications

References 4 publications

An analysis of leadership characteristics of search and rescue volunteers

An analysis of leadership characteristics of search and rescue volunteers

Strengthening Tourists’ Engagement in Guided Hiking and Trekking

Strengthening Tourists’ Engagement in Guided Hiking and Trekking

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