Cohesion and leadership in individual sports: a social network analysis of participation in recreational running groups

被引:9
作者
Hambrick, Marion E. [1 ]
Schmidt, Samuel H. [2 ]
Cintron, Alicia M. [3 ]
机构
[1] Univ Louisville, Dept Hlth & Sport Sci, 2100 South Floyd St,SAC East 104J, Louisville, KY 40292 USA
[2] Wilkes Univ, Sports Management, Wilkes Barre, PA 18766 USA
[3] Univ Cincinnati, Sch Human Serv, Cincinnati, OH USA
关键词
Team cohesion; leadership; participation; social network analysis;
D O I
10.1080/23750472.2018.1554449
中图分类号
C93 [管理学];
学科分类号
12 ; 1201 ; 1202 ; 120202 ;
摘要
Sixty percent of recreational runners in the United States use running groups to participate in the sport. Within these groups, cohesion, or the process of working together to achieve goals and objectives, can develop. The purpose of this study was to investigate the levels of cohesion occurring among recreational runners using running groups to train for a running event. This study used social network analysis to assess task cohesion (achieving collective goals) and social cohesion (developing relationships among group members) in two running groups. The groups exhibited cohesion; task cohesion exceeded social cohesion. Informal leaders emerged alongside formal leaders in both groups. Running group organizers can use these findings to increase task cohesion and shared leadership in their groups. The results add to the few studies examining cohesion in individual sports and extend the application of social network analysis in sport research.
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页码:225 / 239
页数:15
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