Research
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Latest funding
- $196,741
Feeling Seen: How Leadership Gaze Patterns Shape Inclusion and Psychological Safety
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
- $57,200
All Together: A Novel Approach to Understanding the Interpersonal Dynamics of Teamwork in Sport
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
- $24,959
In their own words: Special Olympics athletes' experiences and perspectives regarding quality sport participation
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
No publications available.
Feeling Seen: How Leadership Gaze Patterns Shape Inclusion and Psychological Safety
Principal investigators: Benson, Alex J.
All Together: A Novel Approach to Understanding the Interpersonal Dynamics of Teamwork in Sport
Principal investigators: McEwan, Desmond
Keywords: teamwork; sport psychology; team dynamics; performance; interpersonal behaviours
In their own words: Special Olympics athletes' experiences and perspectives regarding quality sport participation
Principal investigators: Scharoun Benson, Sara M.
Keywords: Intellectual Disabilities; Special Olympics; Sport; Physical Activity; Participation
Making us whole again: Developing culturally appropriate, evidence driven evaluations for Indigenous sport organizations in Canada
Principal investigators: McKee, Taylor
Keywords: Indigenous research; culturally informed program evaluation; organizational capacity development; integrated knowledge translation; self-determination and sport; sport research; Hockey research; Indigenity; positive youth development; survey data
A relational perspective of social rank dynamics in teams: Zooming in on the roles of followership and leadership
Principal investigators: Benson, Alex J.
Keywords: followership; leadership; social rank; social hierarchy; team dynamics
A relational perspective of social rank dynamics in teams: Zooming in on the roles of followership and leadership
Principal investigators: Benson, Alex J.
Keywords: followership; leadership; social rank; social hierarchy; team dynamics
'The company they keep': A nuanced investigation of peer groups in youth sport
Principal investigators: Martin, Luc J.
Keywords: questionnaire; peer groups; youth; sport participation; development; moral behaviour
Do great followers make great leaders? Disentangling the traits valued in followers and leaders
Principal investigators: Benson, Alex
Keywords: (1) Followership; (2) Leadership; (3) Roles; (4) Personality; (5) Characteristics; (6) Management
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
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