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Using consensus as a criterion for groupness: implications for the cohesion-group succes relationship

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posted on 2024-06-04, 07:19 authored by AV Carron, LR Brawley, SR Bray, MA Eys, KD Dorsch, PA Estabrooks, CR Hall, J Hardy, H Hausenblas, R Madison, DM Paskevich, MM Patterson, H Prapavessis, KS Spink, PC Terry
The purpose of the study was to examine how the exclusion of teams failing to meet varying statistical criteria for consensus on cohesiveness influences the magnitude of the cohesion-team success relationship. The index of agreement was calculated for 78 teams (N = 1,000 athletes) that had completed the Group Environment Questionnaire. Results showed that excluding teams because they fail to satisfy various criteria for consensus leads to changes in the magnitude of the cohesion-team success relationship. The magnitude of the relationship between team success and the individual attractions to group-task manifestation of cohesion showed progressive decreases as criteria required to demonstrate consensus became more stringent. Conversely, the magnitude of the relationship between team success and the group integration-task and group integration-social manifestations of cohesion showed progressive increases as criteria required to demonstrate consensus became more stringent. The results are discussed in terms of their relationship to group dynamics theory and practice.

History

Journal

Small group research

Volume

35

Pagination

466-491

Location

London, Eng.

ISSN

1046-4964

Language

eng

Publication classification

C Journal article, C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

Copyright notice

2004, Sage Publications

Issue

4

Publisher

Sage Publications