Team building: conceptual, methodological, and applied considerations
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Mark R Beauchamp1, Desmond McEwan1, Katrina J Waldhauser1
1The University of British Columbia, Canada.
Abstract:
Team building has been identified as an important method of improving the psychological climate in which teams operate, as well as overall team functioning. Within the context of sports, team building interventions have consistently been found to result in improvements in team effectiveness. In this paper we review the extant literature on team building in sport, and address a range of conceptual, methodological, and applied considerations that have the potential to advance theory, research, and applied intervention initiatives within the field. This involves expanding the scope of team building strategies that have, to date, primarily focused on developing group cohesion.
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