Week 4 Flashcards
Definition of roles
-a set of behaviours expected of a person occupying a specific social context
What are the 2 integrated approaches to understanding roles of a team
-role “functions”
-role “responsibilities”
What are role “functions”
-what the various roles provide to the team
-what they bring to the table etc.
What are role “responsibilities”
-how responsibilities are determined
-what is expected of people holding this role
What are the different types of role “functions”
-specialized task role
-auxiliary task role
-social role
-leadership role
Specialized task role
-proficiency with a specific skill set
Example of a specialized task role
-setter in volleyball
Auxiliary task role
-supplement/augment specialized roles
Example of an auxiliary task role
-energy player
Social role
-interpersonal harmony of team
Leadership role
-guide teammates towards task and social objectives
Types of leadership roles
-formal
-informal
Types of role “responsibilities”
-formal roles
-informal roles
Formal roles
-expectations are specially communicated to role occupant
How is information transferred for formal roles
-role episode model
People involved in role episode model
-role sender (coach)
-focal person (athlete)
What factors are considered in context of the role sender
-expectations
-pressures
Expectations of role sender
-what expectations they have for their athletes
Pressures of the role sender
-put pressure on the individual stemming from the expectations
What factors are considered in context of the focal person
-experience
-response
Experience of the focal person
-how they experience the pressure from the role sender
Response of the focal person
-how they decide to respond to this pressure
What factors externally impact the role sender and focal person
-interpersonal factors
-organizational factors
-personality factors
How are informal roles created
-product of interactions and observations from team member
-typically supplement or resist formal role structure