Research question Existing team identification research uses various definitions,
conceptualisations, and theoretical frameworks. In this paper, we provide a theoretical …

Leadership is a fundamental aspect of sports performance, particularly within team sport
environments. Over the past 25 years there has been significant research exploring the role …

Objective Athlete development and management encompass a complex interaction of
biological, psychological, and social factors. Within elite sport, multidisciplinary sport science …

After having attended a friendly football match between Chelsea FC and Dynamo Moscow to
mark the end of World War II, the novelist George Orwell (1945) famously remarked that …

Although researchers have offered insights across a range of topics (eg, cohesion,
leadership, roles, etc.), a recent review suggested that the field of group dynamics in …

For many athletes, retirement from higher levels of competitive sport poses significant
challenges. Research has shown that athletic identity is a key predictor of adjustment …

Against the backdrop of a global physical inactivity crisis, attempts to both understand and
positively influence physical activity behaviours are characterized by a focus on individual …

The social identity approach is fast becoming a prominent framework for understanding
effective leadership in sport and exercise contexts. The last five years, in particular, has seen …

The social identities formed through membership on extracurricular activity groups may
contribute to the frequency with which youth engage in prosocial and antisocial behavior …

Objectives The strength with which individuals identify with a sport team (ie, social identity)
has important implications for athletes' cognitions, affect, and behavior. Yet there remains …