Using Personal-Disclosure Mutual-Sharing to Enhance Group Functioning in a Professional Soccer Academy

2013 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 233-243 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew L. Evans ◽  
Matthew J. Slater ◽  
Martin J. Turner ◽  
Jamie B. Barker
Keyword(s):  
Social Identity ◽  
Collective Efficacy ◽  
Team Performance ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Team Outcomes ◽  
Professional Soccer ◽  
Single Bout ◽  
Team Functioning ◽  
Personal Disclosure

The present study examined the effects of personal-disclosure mutual-sharing (PDMS) on a diverse set of group factors in a previously unexplored context. During a single bout of PDMS, 14 soccer-academy athletes voluntarily disclosed unknown personal stories to fellow teammates. Social identity, friendships identity content, results identity content, and collective efficacy were measured at baseline, post-PDMS, follow-up, and maintenance phases. In addition, team performance over the competitive season was assessed via goal difference and goal discrepancy. Data indicated that a short-term significant increase in friendships identity content and a sustained improvement in team performance occurred after the PDMS session, and social identity, results identity content, and collective efficacy remained elevated across all intervention phases. Data suggest that PDMS fosters immediate increases in aspects of team functioning that may exert a positive influence upon team performance. Future research would benefit from ascertaining the exact mechanisms in which PDMS encourages changes in team outcomes observed within the current study.

scholarly journals Consulting on Tour: A Dual-Phase Personal-Disclosure Mutual-Sharing Intervention and Group Functioning in Elite Youth Cricket

2014 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 186-197 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jamie B. Barker ◽  
Andrew L. Evans ◽  
Pete Coffee ◽  
Matt J. Slater ◽  
Paul J. McCarthy
Keyword(s):  
Social Identity ◽  
Collective Efficacy ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Social Validation ◽  
Dual Phase ◽  
Validation Data ◽  
Team Outcomes ◽  
Focus On Results ◽  
Intervention Session ◽  
Personal Disclosure

In a one group pretest-posttest design, 15 elite academy cricketers were exposed to two personal-disclosure mutual-sharing (PDMS) sessions during a preseason tour. Within PDMS1, athletes disclosed (via prepared speeches) relationship-oriented information and within PDMS2, mastery oriented information. Social identity, social identity content, and collective efficacy were measured at baseline (1 week before the tour), post-PDMS1, midpoint, and post-PDMS2, while social validation was also obtained after each intervention session. Quantitative data revealed significant increases in social identity and friendships identity content at post-PDMS1, and results identity content and collective efficacy at post-PDMS2. Qualitative social validation data highlighted the thoughts and feelings of the athletes before their speeches and supported the effectiveness of the PDMS sessions. In sum, the data suggest practitioners can develop team outcomes (e.g., a focus on results) through developing specific aspects of teams’ identities. Study limitations, practitioner guidelines, and areas for future research are discussed.

The Effects of Team Diversity on Team Outcomes: A Meta-Analytic Review of Team Demography

2007 ◽  
Vol 33 (6) ◽  
pp. 987-1015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sujin K. Horwitz ◽  
Irwin B. Horwitz
Keyword(s):  
Team Performance ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Demographic Diversity ◽  
Research Issues ◽  
Team Diversity ◽  
Moderating Variables ◽  
Team Outcomes ◽  
Analytic Review ◽  
The Impact

Over the past few decades, a great deal of research has been conducted to examine the complex relationship between team diversity and team outcomes. However, the impact of team diversity on team outcomes and moderating variables potentially affecting this relationship are still not fully answered with mixed findings in the literature. These research issues were, therefore, addressed by quantitatively reviewing extant work and provided estimates of the relationship between team diversity and team outcomes. In particular, the effects of task-related and bio-demographic diversity at the group-level were meta-analyzed to test the hypothesis of synergistic performance resulting from diverse employee teams. Support was found for the positive impact of task-related diversity on team performance although bio-demographic diversity was not significantly related to team performance. Similarly, no discernible effect of team diversity was found on social integration. The implications of the review for future research and practices are also discussed.

Leadership, Collective Efficacy and Team Performance

2011 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 35-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shalonda K. Bradford
Keyword(s):  
Transformational Leadership ◽  
Collective Efficacy ◽  
Team Performance ◽  
Business Students ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Case Study Approach ◽  
Leadership Qualities ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
National Business

In this paper, the author examines the effect of leader attributes on the collective efficacy of a group of members of Generation Next, and the interrelation of leadership and collective efficacy on the team’s performance. A case study approach was implemented by 3 teams of business students participating in a national business competition between the years 2009-2011. Results indicate transformational leadership qualities inspire greater levels of collective efficacy. Moreover, teams demonstrating higher collective efficacy also performed better in the competition, suggesting a positive relationship between collective efficacy and team performance. Implications of these findings are discussed and a scope for future research is offered.

scholarly journals Leader Humility and Team Performance: Exploring the Mediating Mechanisms of Team PsyCap and Task Allocation Effectiveness

2017 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 1009-1033 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arménio Rego ◽  
Bradley Owens ◽  
Kai Chi Yam ◽  
Dustin Bluhm ◽  
Miguel Pina e Cunha ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Field Study ◽  
Team Performance ◽  
Social Information Processing ◽  
Task Allocation ◽  
Psychological Capital ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Team Outcomes ◽  
Processing Theory ◽  
Team Task ◽  
Leader Humility

Although there is a growing interest toward the topic of leader humility, extant research has largely failed to consider the underlying mechanisms through which leader humility influences team outcomes. In this research, we integrate the emerging literature of leader humility and social information processing theory to theorize how leader humility facilitates the development of collective team psychological capital, leading to higher team task allocation effectiveness and team performance. While Owens and Hekman (2016) suggest that leader humility has homogeneous effects on followers, we propose a potential heterogeneous effect based on the complementarity literature (e.g., Tiedens, Unzueta, & Young, 2007) and the principle of equifinality (leaders may influence team outcomes through multiple pathways; Morgeson, DeRue, & Karam, 2010). In three studies conducted in China, Singapore, and Portugal, including an experiment, a multisource field study, and a three-wave multisource field study, we find support for our hypotheses that leader humility enhances team performance serially through increased team psychological capital and team task allocation effectiveness. We discuss the theoretical implications of our work to the leader humility, psychological capital, and team effectiveness literatures; and offer suggestions for future research.

Leadership, Collective Efficacy and Team Performance

2012 ◽  
pp. 24-35
Author(s):  
Shalonda K. Bradford
Keyword(s):  
Transformational Leadership ◽  
Collective Efficacy ◽  
Team Performance ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Business Students ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Leadership Qualities ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
National Business

In this paper, the author examines the effect of leader attributes on the collective efficacy of a group of members of Generation Next, and the interrelation of leadership and collective efficacy on the team’s performance. A case study approach was implemented by 3 teams of business students participating in a national business competition between the years 2009-2011. Results indicate transformational leadership qualities inspire greater levels of collective efficacy. Moreover, teams demonstrating higher collective efficacy also performed better in the competition, suggesting a positive relationship between collective efficacy and team performance. Implications of these findings are discussed and a scope for future research is offered.

Coach leadership style and Korean professional soccer team performance: Collective efficacy as a mediator

2020 ◽  
Vol 48 (8) ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Eunah Hong ◽  
Yejee Jeong
Keyword(s):  
Collective Efficacy ◽  
Leadership Style ◽  
Team Performance ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Authentic Leadership ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Head Coaches ◽  
Coach Leadership ◽  
Professional Soccer ◽  
Positive Effect

We examined the connection between the transformational and authentic leadership of head coaches and team performance, and the mediating role of collective efficacy in this relationship in the context of Korean men's K League. Participants were 106 K League players and we analyzed their data using structural equation modeling. The results show that transformational and authentic leadership of head coaches both had a positive effect on players' collective efficacy, which had a positive effect on team performance. Transformational leadership had a direct effect on team performance, but authentic leadership did not. Further, transformational and authentic leadership both had a positive effect on team performance. Collective efficacy partially mediated the former relationship and fully mediated the latter relationship. Our findings have practical implications for K League coaches seeking to develop their leadership through education and training programs, in that they should provide special care to underperforming players and pair players of different ages and educational backgrounds to increase team performance and collective efficacy.

Development of a German-Language Questionnaire to Measure Collective Orientation as an Individual Attitude

2017 ◽  
Vol 76 (3) ◽  
pp. 91-105 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vera Hagemann
Keyword(s):  
Team Performance ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Future Research ◽  
German Language ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Collective Orientation ◽  
Team Research ◽  
German Speaking ◽  
Individual Variables ◽  
The Individual

Abstract. The individual attitudes of every single team member are important for team performance. Studies show that each team member’s collective orientation – that is, propensity to work in a collective manner in team settings – enhances the team’s interdependent teamwork. In the German-speaking countries, there was previously no instrument to measure collective orientation. So, I developed and validated a German-language instrument to measure collective orientation. In three studies (N = 1028), I tested the validity of the instrument in terms of its internal structure and relationships with other variables. The results confirm the reliability and validity of the instrument. The instrument also predicts team performance in terms of interdependent teamwork. I discuss differences in established individual variables in team research and the role of collective orientation in teams. In future research, the instrument can be applied to diagnose teamwork deficiencies and evaluate interventions for developing team members’ collective orientation.

Does Diversity in The Boardroom Add Value to a Firm?

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (5) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Firm Performance ◽  
Panel Data ◽  
Firm Size ◽  
Significant Influence ◽  
Negative Influence ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Board Composition ◽  
Board Diversity

This study examines whether board diversity affects firm performance. We investigate this study using panel data of a sample of S&P 500 firms during a 12 year period. After controlling for industry, firm size, and other board composition variables, we find that all three board diversity variables of interest – gender, ethnicity, and age have a significant influence on firm performance. While ethnicity and age have a positive influence on firm performance, it was found that gender has a negative influence. Implications for future research are discussed.

Antecedents of Family Conflict in Uganda

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 35-54
Author(s):  
Rogers Matama ◽  
Kezia H. Mkwizu
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Social Identity ◽  
Sample Size ◽  
Social Identity Theory ◽  
Family Conflict ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Family Conflicts ◽  
The Core ◽  
Quantitative Studies

The purpose of this study was to explore the antecedents of family conflict in Uganda. A qualitative approach was used in this study. A sample size of 139 participants provided data which was subjected to content analysis. Results revealed that the core themes associated with family conflict are finances and priority of resources. Further findings show that differences in tastes and interests, selfishness and lack of communication played a key role as causes of family conflicts. The implication of this study is that finances and priority of resources are antecedents of family conflict in the context of Uganda. Therefore, the antecedents of family conflict that emerged from this study can be understood, defined and analyzed through the lens of social identity theory. Future research may include conducting quantitative studies with a particular demographic using the themes that have emerged from this study.

Pediatric End of Life Care: Impact of Islamic Faith

2021 ◽  
pp. 019394592110165
Author(s):  
Shahad A. Hafez ◽  
Julia A. Snethen ◽  
Emmanuel Ngui ◽  
Julie Ellis ◽  
Murad Taani
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
End Of Life ◽  
End Of Life Care ◽  
Life Experience ◽  
Primary Caregivers ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Life Care ◽  
Beliefs And Practices ◽  
Education Practice

Studies investigating children and families’ experiences at end of life in Saudi Arabia are limited. However, one factor found to have an impact on patient and primary caregiver end of life care is Islam. Since women are the primary caregivers for children in Saudi Arabia, the purpose of this study was to explore the perceptions of Muslim women caring for a child at end of life. Using a qualitative approach, interviews were conducted with 24 female primary caregivers caring for a child at end of life. Thematic analysis was used to analyze the data. The researchers found that Islamic beliefs and practices had a positive influence on primary caregivers’ experiences. Islamic beliefs and practices helped support participants through their child’s end of life experience. Results have implications for health care education, practice, policy, and future research on end of life in Saudi Arabia other Muslim countries.

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