Cohesion

Question 1

What is cohesion?

Answer 1

The willingness of team members to work together and stick together

Question 2

The forces causing people to be cohesive covers what 2 areas?

Answer 2

1) The attractiveness of the group to individual members
2) The extent to which members are willing to work together to achieve group goals

Question 3

What is task cohesion?

Answer 3

The willingness of a team to work together to achieve its goals

Question 4

What is social cohesion?

Answer 4

Refers to the extent that the members of the team like each other and want to socialise together

Question 5

What is the relationship between cohesion and performance?

Answer 5

Depends on the sport being played, but more cohesion will lead to an increased chance of success

Question 6

What is more important in a successful sport team, task or social cohesion?

Answer 6

Task cohesion is more important than social cohesion

Question 7

What is Carron’s conceptual model of cohesion?

Answer 7

A model that provides framework for examining cohesion in teams

Question 8

What are the 4 factors that impact Carron’s conceptual model of cohesion?

Answer 8

1) Environmental factors
2) Leadership factors
3) Team factors
4) Personal factors

Question 9

What are environmental factors? (Carron’s conceptual model of cohesion)

Answer 9

E.g., level of competition the team are playing at, how close together they live, strength of relationships with each other

Question 10

What are leadership factors? (Carron’s conceptual model of cohesion)

Answer 10

Includes the behaviour of the leader, how secure their role is, and how well respected they are

Question 11

What are team factors? (Carron’s conceptual model of cohesion)

Answer 11

Includes the extent to which team members have to interact or coact with each other
Also teams where members have a clear understanding of their role within the team, as they are all working toward the same objective

Question 12

What are personal factors? (Carron’s conceptual model of cohesion)

Answer 12

Includes age, gender, race, social background of the team members

Question 13

How do personal factors impact cohesion? (Carron’s conceptual model of cohesion)

Answer 13

Teams with greater similarities in personal factors are likely to have higher cohesion and avoid the development of cliques, as they all have something in common