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Original Articles

The Relationships of Perceived Motivational Climate to Cohesion and Collective Efficacy in Elite Female Teams

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Pages 201-218 | Received 09 Jul 2004, Accepted 13 Sep 2005, Published online: 23 Feb 2007
 

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships of perceived motivational climate to cohesion and collective efficacy in elite female teams. A total of 124 basketball and handball athletes completed two season measures (T1, T2). Relationships were examined at an individual level both statically and across time. Canonical correlations revealed that a combination of high perceptions of an ego-involving but low perceptions of a task-involving climate were associated with low perceptions of task cohesion at Time 1. High perceptions of a task-involving but low perceptions of an ego-involving climate were associated with higher perceptions of task cohesion and collective efficacy at Time 2. Moreover, low perceptions of an ego-involving and moderately low perceptions of a task-involving climate were associated with high perceptions of social cohesion at Time 2. Regression analyses including autoregressive influence indicated that a task-involving climate positively predicted variance in T2 group integration-task and collective efficacy after controlling for T1 scores. In contrast, an ego-involving climate negatively predicted changes in T2 athletes’ perceptions of social cohesion (individual attractions to the group-social [ATG-S], group integration-social [GI-S]) and group integration-task [GI-T] after controlling for T1 scores. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.

Preparation of this article was facilitated through a grant from the French Federation of Handball.

The authors would like to thank the anonymous reviewers and the Associate Editor for their comments on the manuscript.

Jean-Philippe Heuzé is now at the Laboratory Sport and Social Environment, University of Greno-ble 1.

Notes

∗ = with imputed missing data values.

p < .05;

∗∗p < .01;

∗∗∗p < .001.

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