involved the implementation of one or more of four approaches identified in the organizational psychology literature, including the improvement of goal setting, problem solving, interpersonal relationships (e.g., cohesion), and role development ( Beer, 1976 ; Buller, 1986 ). Despite these options and the
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Using the Team Environment AssessMent (TEAM) to Enhance Team Building in Sport
Mark W. Bruner, Mark Eys, Jeremie M. Carreau, Colin McLaren, and Rachel Van Woezik
Assessment On and Off the Field: Examining Athletic Directors’ Perceptions of Public Relations in College Athletics
Brody J. Ruihley and Lisa T. Fall
Public relations (PR) activities in college athletics are concerned with many types of people, organizations, and businesses. The success of a program depends on support from these constituents. The purpose of this research was to determine the perception of PR roles in a college athletic environment. One goal was to determine how many athletic directors (ADs) occupy PR positions in their department or what position they perceive to be most involved with PR. A second goal was to examine attitudes held by ADs regarding the importance, benefits, and responsibilities of PR officers. A final goal was to determine what role behaviors PR practitioners are exhibiting. This study provides empirical research in the area of PR, specifically in college athletics. The findings provide a benchmark for the PR literature in relation to the sports industry, how PR fits into the sports structure, and what roles PR plays in college athletics.
Athletes as “Cultural Architects”: A Qualitative Analysis of Elite Coaches’ Perceptions of Highly Influential Soccer Players
Line D. Danielsen, Rune Giske, Derek M. Peters, and Rune Høigaard
The leadership role in sport has been investigated extensively, with Northouse ( 2010 ) defining leadership as a process whereby an individual influences a group of individuals to achieve a common goal. In sport, coaches have historically been viewed as the major source of formal leadership, but
Next One Up! Exploring How Coaches Manage Team Dynamics Following Injury
Rachel A. Van Woezik, Alex J. Benson, and Mark W. Bruner
injury to a member of a sports team may affect the team. Injury events within a team may alter the personnel available to fulfill certain roles and thus disrupt existing group dynamics—for better or worse. Although a range of circumstances can arise to cause unexpected team member absences (e
Role Commitment and Acceptance in a Sport Context
Mark Eys, Mark R. Beauchamp, Michael Godfrey, Kim Dawson, Todd M. Loughead, and Robert J. Schinke
I think for me it’s just a matter of accepting that role. That’s all it is. . . . Realizing that’s what it’s going to be, these are the types of shots I’m going to get, this is the type of offense we’re going to be running. . . . That’s something that I’ve kind of been doing over the past week, is
Self-Compassion and Reactions to a Recalled Exercise Lapse: The Moderating Role of Gender-Role Schemas
Alana Signore, Brittany N. Semenchuk, and Shaelyn M. Strachan
males and females. Gender refers to a person’s identity, which may not be equivalent to their biological sex ( Prince, 2005 ). Gender-role orientation (analogous with gender-role schema) refers to a person’s psychological identification conditioned by traditional social norms ( Yarnell et al., 2019
The Role of Psychological Flexibility in Physical Activity Maintenance
Matthew Jenkins, Elaine A. Hargreaves, and Ken Hodge
committed action ( Butryn et al. 2015 ; Harris, 2009 ; Hayes et al., 2006 ). Evidence suggests that psychological flexibility plays a supportive role in efforts to maintain PA (e.g., Butryn et al., 2015 ; Fletcher, 2011 ), with proposed contributions from each of the six psychological flexibility
Examining Role Stress, Emotional Intelligence, Emotional Exhaustion, and Affective Commitment Among Secondary Physical Educators
Nicholas S. Washburn, Kelly L. Simonton, K. Andrew R. Richards, and Ye Hoon Lee
conditions and, consequently, improve PE teachers’ well-being and teaching effectiveness, practice and research need to focus on the factors that may influence these two variables. Previous research indicates that role stress increases EE ( Richards et al., 2017 ) and decreases AC ( Kaur, 2020 ). Although
The Causal Effect of Voluntary Roles in Sport on Subjective Well-Being in European Countries
Pamela Wicker and Paul Downward
reimbursement for their work ( Cnaan, Handy, & Wadsworth, 1996 ). As sport volunteers can perform a variety of voluntary activities ( Orlowski & Wicker, 2015 ), this study distinguishes between three types of voluntary roles, including administrative (e.g., board or committee member), sport-related (e
Relationship Between Personal and Social Responsibility and the Roles Undertaken in Sport Education
Eva Guijarro, Ann MacPhail, Sixto González-Víllora, and Natalia María Arias-Palencia
selected physical activities (e.g., social skills and problem-solving). It is the element of “moving to learn” that this paper sets out to explore and contribute to understanding further. This paper focuses on the relationship between different roles that students undertake in a physical education class
