Team Cohesion Flashcards
Carron 1985 - What are the two types of cohesion?
Task - specific to a common goal
Social - enjoy each other’s company
What 4 dimensions are assessed by the GEQ - Group Environment Questionnaire?
Attraction to the group - task and social
Group Integration - task and social
Which direction is the correlation between cohesion and performance?
The effect is the same in both directions. Cohesion improves performance and performance improves cohesion.
How did cohesion impact on co-active sports compared to interdependent sports?
Low cohesion has a much stronger impact on co-active sports
Are there disadvantages of high social cohesion?
Social isolation
Decreased focus
reduced task commitment
Are there disadvantages of high task cohesion?
Perceived pressure
Reduced social relations
Negative emotions
What are the 4 main factors that influence cohesion?
Personal
Environmental
Leadership
Team
What impact does sacrificial behaviour have on cohesion?
A very strong impact
What personality traits lead to a cohesive team?
Similar levels of agreeableness and conscientiousness and a mix of intraversion and extraversion
How does status affect cohesion?
Perception of a higher status of a team member lowers cohesion
How do group roles affect cohesion?
Role acceptance and low role ambiguity associated with cohesion.
How does cohesion affect anxiety?
Cohesive teams report anxiety to be facilititative
How to build team cohesion?
Performance profiling
Encourage group identity
Avoid cliques
Set challenging group goals
Senecal 2008 - longitudinal study into cohesion
Goal setting was an effective team building strategy to maintain cohesion (Key: it didn’t increase cohesion)
