Using the Conceptual Framework for Examining Sport Teams to Understand Group Dynamics in Professional Soccer

Inmaculada González-Ponce, Jesús Díaz-García, José C. Ponce-Bordón, Ruth Jiménez-Castuera and Miguel A. López-Gajardo ()
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Inmaculada González-Ponce: Department of Psychology and Anthropology, University of Extremadura, 06006 Badajoz, Spain
Jesús Díaz-García: Department of Didactics of Musical, Plastic and Corporal Expression, University of Extremadura, 10003 Cáceres, Spain
José C. Ponce-Bordón: Department of Didactics of Musical, Plastic and Corporal Expression, University of Extremadura, 10003 Cáceres, Spain
Ruth Jiménez-Castuera: Department of Didactics of Musical, Plastic and Corporal Expression, University of Extremadura, 10003 Cáceres, Spain
Miguel A. López-Gajardo: Department of Didactics of Musical, Plastic and Corporal Expression, University of Extremadura, 10003 Cáceres, Spain

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 23, 1-14

Abstract: (1) Background: The aim of this study is to propose a model of the interactions of group dynamics using the conceptual framework to examine sports teams; (2) Methods: The hypothesized model includes measures of group structure (authentic leadership, perceived justice, coaching competency, role clarity/ambiguity, and role conflict), group cohesion (cohesion and team conflict), and group processes (collective efficacy and transactive memory systems). Participants were 581 professional soccer players ( M = 24.51, SD = 3.73; 356 males and 225 females) who completed a multisection questionnaire assessing group dynamics variables; (3) Results: The results show that coach leadership predicts coaching competency and perceived justice, and both competency and justice predict role ambiguity and role conflict. Furthermore, role ambiguity and role conflict predict group cohesion and team conflict, whereas group cohesion and team conflict both predict the transactive memory system. Finally, collective efficacy is predicted by the transactive memory system; (4) Conclusions: The results suggest the importance of coach behavior (leadership, justice, and competency) and group processes to improving team functioning in a professional sports context.

Keywords: execution; group dynamics; resilience; team performance; team sports (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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