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What is a key characteristic of a successful team?
What is a key characteristic of a successful team?
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of effective group processes?
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of effective group processes?
What often leads to groupthink within a team?
What often leads to groupthink within a team?
Which strategy is beneficial for promoting open communication in a team?
Which strategy is beneficial for promoting open communication in a team?
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What is team cohesion primarily focused on?
What is team cohesion primarily focused on?
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What should be emphasized to ensure team members align towards the team goals?
What should be emphasized to ensure team members align towards the team goals?
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How can a team guard against the negative effects of groupthink?
How can a team guard against the negative effects of groupthink?
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Which aspect of cohesion relates to the emotional ties among team members?
Which aspect of cohesion relates to the emotional ties among team members?
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What task nature typically requires a higher degree of cohesion?
What task nature typically requires a higher degree of cohesion?
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Which coaching behavior contributes to higher team cohesion?
Which coaching behavior contributes to higher team cohesion?
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What leadership style is associated with higher rates of team cohesion?
What leadership style is associated with higher rates of team cohesion?
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How does adherence relate to team cohesion?
How does adherence relate to team cohesion?
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What does task cohesion primarily refer to?
What does task cohesion primarily refer to?
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Which of the following is NOT a component of transformational leadership?
Which of the following is NOT a component of transformational leadership?
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Which statement best describes group integration–social?
Which statement best describes group integration–social?
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How is the relationship between cohesion and performance described?
How is the relationship between cohesion and performance described?
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What effect do internal sacrifices have on team cohesion?
What effect do internal sacrifices have on team cohesion?
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What perception increases an athlete's effort in a team setting?
What perception increases an athlete's effort in a team setting?
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What is the impact of group size on cohesion?
What is the impact of group size on cohesion?
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Which factor is considered an environmental factor affecting group cohesion?
Which factor is considered an environmental factor affecting group cohesion?
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Which approach can inhibit effective team cohesion?
Which approach can inhibit effective team cohesion?
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What should be paired with cohesion to ensure consistently high performance?
What should be paired with cohesion to ensure consistently high performance?
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What is the primary focus of the Group Environment Questionnaire (GEQ)?
What is the primary focus of the Group Environment Questionnaire (GEQ)?
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Which type of cohesion appears to have the strongest performance-to-cohesion relationship?
Which type of cohesion appears to have the strongest performance-to-cohesion relationship?
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What is likely to occur when competition for selection increases within a group?
What is likely to occur when competition for selection increases within a group?
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Which of the following best describes formal group roles?
Which of the following best describes formal group roles?
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What is the significance of role clarity in a team?
What is the significance of role clarity in a team?
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What do implicit group norms refer to?
What do implicit group norms refer to?
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What does Steiner’s model suggest about actual group productivity?
What does Steiner’s model suggest about actual group productivity?
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What phenomenon describes the decrease in individual effort as group size increases?
What phenomenon describes the decrease in individual effort as group size increases?
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Why might group members experience social loafing?
Why might group members experience social loafing?
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Which of the following can lead to communication difficulties in a group?
Which of the following can lead to communication difficulties in a group?
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What does collective efficacy in a team refer to?
What does collective efficacy in a team refer to?
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During which stage of Tuckman's model do team members primarily focus on individual goals?
During which stage of Tuckman's model do team members primarily focus on individual goals?
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Which perspective considers team development as a cycle of birth, growth, and death?
Which perspective considers team development as a cycle of birth, growth, and death?
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In the Performing stage of Tuckman's model, what is a key characteristic of the team?
In the Performing stage of Tuckman's model, what is a key characteristic of the team?
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The Pendulum perspective of team development emphasizes what?
The Pendulum perspective of team development emphasizes what?
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What occurs during the Adjourning stage of Tuckman's model?
What occurs during the Adjourning stage of Tuckman's model?
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What typically happens in the Norming stage of team development?
What typically happens in the Norming stage of team development?
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Which statement best describes psychological momentum in a team?
Which statement best describes psychological momentum in a team?
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Study Notes
Chapter 9 - Team Dynamics & Group Cohesion
- Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships
- A team is a group of individuals who depend on and support each other to achieve common goals
- Interdependency, goal commonality, and collective identity are crucial for team success
- Communication is important for team effectiveness. Strategies include providing opportunities for players to socialize, designing dressing rooms for open communication, encouraging respectful discussion of dissenting ideas, and emphasizing group goals over personal goals.
- Majority rule promotes equal participation and power among team members
- Groupthink can occur when teams are highly cohesive, leading members to conform to group opinions rather than expressing their true thoughts
- Group cohesion is a team's tendency to stick together in the pursuit of its goals and objectives
- Cohesion includes dynamic, process, multidimensional attraction, commitment, and involvement
- A conceptual model of group cohesion involves individual and group aspects, which can be divided into task and social cohesion.
- Individual aspects relate to personal benefits gained from group membership
- Group aspects involve beliefs about the group as a collective
- Task cohesion is the extent to which the group works together, while social cohesion is the extent of liking among group members.
- Group integration (task and social) and individual attraction (task and social) are key components of group cohesion
- Group environment questionnaires (GEQ) measure four dimensions and contain 18 items
- Cohesion and performance have a circular relationship. Increased cohesion leads to improved performance, which in turn leads to greater cohesion. Performance-to-cohesion relationships typically are stronger than cohesion-to-performance ones. Task cohesion seems to have the strongest correlation to performance. Greater time spent together and team stability leads to greater cohesion.
- Cohesion is important but not enough for high performance; high task commitment is also needed.
- Environmental, leadership, team, and athlete factors contribute to group cohesion
- Environmental factors include group size (smaller groups tend to have greater and faster cohesion), setting (changes to team ownership or regulations can have an effect on athletes), and task type (individual vs. team focused)
- Leadership factors include behaviors (training, social support, and positive feedback) and decision styles (democratic approach is linked to higher task and social cohesion)
- Transformational leadership, which prioritises individual needs, group goals, and high performance expectations, is associated with greater group cohesion
- Athlete factors include adherence (positively associated with task/social cohesion; players return even if performance isn't great) and the perceived effort levels in a team setting (higher perceived cohesion correlates with athletes putting forth more effort). Individuals who make sacrifices to the team (e.g., switching positions) positively impact team cohesion
- Team factors include collective efficacy (team members' shared sense of their ability to succeed) and psychological momentum (team members' perception of progressing towards goals)
- Team development has a linear (Tuckman & Jensen's 5 stages of development - forming, storming, norming, performing, adjourning), cyclical (team development similar to a life cycle), and pendulum perspective (cohesion is not linear but rather dynamic and ever-changing)
- Group roles (formal and informal) are critical components for team success
- Group norms, which encompass performance levels, behavioral patterns, and beliefs, and the norms of behavior, are essential for effective team goals
- Steiner's model quantifies the relationship between team potential productivity and actual team productivity. Losses due to faulty group processes reduce potential productivity.
- Faulty group processes include team size (communication difficulties/social loafing), depersonalization (lack of personal investment or connection), the Ringelmann effect (inverse relationship of team size to individual contribution/social loafing), and social loafing (motivational losses from individuals putting forth less than 100% effort)
- Strategies for developing cohesion include social support, proximity, distinctiveness, similarity, and the use of the MAPS approach (mission, assessment, plan, and systematic evaluation)
Team Cohesion = $$$
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This quiz explores the concepts of team dynamics and group cohesion as discussed in Chapter 9. Learn about the importance of communication, interdependency, and the effects of groupthink on team effectiveness. Test your understanding of how teamwork and collective identity contribute to achieving common goals.
