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Will group cohesion help the role clarity in your team? It may, but also foster the perception of collective efficacy

Carron’s model of cohesion conceptualizes group cohesion as the origin of teams’ group and individual outcomes. However, it is still a theoretical and empirical challenge to detect constructs that mediate the relationship between group cohesion and team tasks and outcomes. Thus, this research aimed to explore the mediating role of collective efficacy in the relationship between group cohesion factors and role clarity in defensive and offensive game situations. A sample of 149 professional (N = 76) and amateur (N = 73) handball players aged between 18- 43 years (Mage = 23.38 ; Nmale = 55) completed online questionnaires measuring Group Cohesion, Observational Collective Efficiency and Role Clarity (Ambiguity). The results showed that higher perception of team’s uniqueness and togetherness in accomplishing team tasks (Group Integration – Task ; GI-T factor) and higher individual member’s feelings regarding their involvement in group tasks (Individual Attraction to the Group – Task ; ATG-T factor) predicted better role clarity in both defensive and offensive game situations. On the other hand, athletes’ perception of team’s togetherness and closeness in regard to social activities (Group Integration – Social ; GI-S factor), as well as individual feelings regarding personal social interaction with the group (Individual Attraction to the Group – Social ; ATG-S) had no direct effects on neither defensive nor offensive role clarity. In most tested models, collective efficacy mediated the relationship between cohesion and role clarity. Higher scores on both task and social GI and ATG factors predicted higher collective efficacy, which then predicted better offensive role clarity. Similarly, higher scores on the social GI factor and both task and social ATG factor predicted higher collective efficacy, which in turn predicted better defensive role clarity. Only indirect effect of task GI factor on defensive role clarity showed to be non-significant

group cohesion, collective efficacy, role clarity

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