Team Achievement Goals and Sports Team Performance

Mierlo, Heleen van; Hooft, Edwin A. J. van

doi:10.1177/1046496420913119

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“…Groups and teams researchers have called for more studies to integrate myriad lines of research to explain why some groups and teams perform better than others (Gardner et al, 2012; Hackman & Katz, 2010; Huang & Cummings, 2011; Mierlo & Hooft, 2020). On the one hand, contemporary team researchers have underscored the importance of KIT and the role that both exploratory and exploitative knowledge processes play in team performance (Krausert, 2014).…”

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Knowledge-Intensive HRM Systems and Performance of Knowledge-Intensive Teams: Mediating Role of Team Knowledge Processes

Shahzad

Hong

Niaz

2022

Group & Organization Management

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This study investigates whether and how knowledge-intensive HRM systems (KIHRS) impact the performance of knowledge-intensive teams (KITs). We integrate the ability-motivation-opportunity theory with the knowledge management literature to hypothesize that KIHRS affect KIT performance through team knowledge exploration and knowledge exploitation processes. A total of 543 responses (408 team members and 135 team leaders) from 135 KIT of 119 firms were collected in two waves with a time lag of 3 months. The findings indicate that KIHRS relate positively to KIT performance. Furthermore, team knowledge exploration and knowledge exploitation work in a sequence to mediate the relationship between KIHRS and KIT performance.

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Knowledge-Intensive HRM Systems and Performance of Knowledge-Intensive Teams: Mediating Role of Team Knowledge Processes

Shahzad

Hong

Niaz

2022

Group & Organization Management

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“…At the same time, some studies (Harackiewitz & Barron, 2000;van de Pol & Kavussanu, 2011), including our research, associated ego orientation with better competitive performance. It appears that the nature of this relationship may be moderated by other motivational variables, such as whether people are involved in the task, perceive themselves as sufficiently competent (Harackiewitz & Barron, 2000), or focus on achieving success versus avoiding failure (van Mierlo & van Hooft, 2020). In this way, our sample of high-level beach volleyball players generally represented a group of involved athletes operating in a highly competitive context in which ego orientation might represent a competitive advantage.…”

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Achievement goal orientations, sport motivation and competitive performance in beach volleyball players

Knoblochova¹,

Mudrák²,

Slepička³

2021

Acta Gymnica

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Background: From the perspective of achievement goal orientation theory, athletes may evaluate their performance by comparing current achievements with previous achievements (task orientation) or with those of other athletes (ego orientation); these two orientations may affect their sport motivation and performance outcomes in different ways. Objective: Based on a sample of competitive Czech beach volleyball players, this study aimed to assess the relationships among achievement goal orientations (task/ego), sport motivation (represented by intrinsic motivation, extrinsic regulation, and amotivation), and athletes' competitive performance. Methods: A total of 128 beach volleyball players (63 men and 65 women, age 26 ± 6.27 years, range 14-42 years) from the highest Czech national competition participated in the questionnaire survey. The questionnaire battery included the Sport Motivation Scale-6 as a measure of self-determined sport motivation and the Perception of Success Questionnaire as a measure of achievement goal orientation. We used multiple linear regression models to assess the relationships among achievement goal orientations, different types of sports motivation, and athletes' performance in sports competition measured by their point averages at the end of the season. Results: In regression models, we observed different effects of task and ego orientations on dependent variables, including intrinsic motivation, external regulation and athletes' competitive performance. Specifically, we found a highly significant effect of task orientation in the model of intrinsic motivation (ß = .522, p < .001, R 2 = .255) and a highly significant effect of ego orientation in the model of external regulation (ß = .394, p < .001, R 2 = .132). Furthermore, we found a significant effect of ego orientation in the model of athletes' competitive performance (ß = .239, p = .005, R 2 = .122). Conclusions: We assume that task and ego orientations contribute to different outcomes in competitive athletes, with task orientation supporting athletes' interest in and enjoyment of the sport and ego orientation supporting athletes' external regulation and performance in competition. Based on self-determination theory, task orientation may affect intrinsic motivation through the satisfaction of the basic needs of autonomy, relatedness and competence. At the same time, ego orientation may support less self-determined motivation but may also represent an advantage in the highly competitive environment of elite sports.

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“…As in traditional team sports [40], we believe sharing team-level achievement goals among team members is also supposed to affect how players perform in eSports competitions. As evidenced by [41], teams with prior shared success are more likely to score higher in sports and eSports matches.…”

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Individual and Collective Performance Deteriorate in a New Team: A Case Study of CS:GO Tournaments

Zhang¹,

Murić²,

Ferrara³

2022

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How does the team formation relates to team performance in professional video game playing? This study examined one aspect of group dynamics -team switching -and aims to answer how changing a team affects individual and collective performance in eSports tournaments. In this study we test the hypothesis that switching teams can be detrimental to individual and team performance both in short term and in a long run. We collected data from professional tournaments of a popular first-person shooter game Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) and perform two natural experiments. We found that the player's performance was inversely correlated with the number of teams a player had joined. After a player switched to a new team, both the individual and the collective performance dropped initially, and then slowly recovered. The findings in this study can provide insights for understanding group dynamics in eSports team play and eventually emphasize the importance of team cohesion in facilitating team collaboration, coordination, and knowledge sharing in teamwork in general.

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Team Achievement Goals and Sports Team Performance

Cited by 13 publications

References 93 publications

Knowledge-Intensive HRM Systems and Performance of Knowledge-Intensive Teams: Mediating Role of Team Knowledge Processes

Knowledge-Intensive HRM Systems and Performance of Knowledge-Intensive Teams: Mediating Role of Team Knowledge Processes

Achievement goal orientations, sport motivation and competitive performance in beach volleyball players

Individual and Collective Performance Deteriorate in a New Team: A Case Study of CS:GO Tournaments

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