An ethnographic study of cohesiveness in a college soccer team over a season.

By N. Holt, A. Sparkes. 2001

115 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Developmental and Educational Psychology, Gender Studies, Social Psychology

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In Developmental and Educational Psychology

1. D. Fletcher
2. C. Harwood
3. S. Hanton
4. C. Wagstaff
5. Laura E. Wolfenden
6. D. Collins
7. N. Holt
8. Martin I. Jones

In Gender Studies

1. D. Fletcher
2. S. Hanton
3. C. Wagstaff
4. Laura E. Wolfenden
5. D. Collins
6. C. Harwood
7. M. Beauchamp
8. N. Holt

In Social Psychology

1. D. Fletcher
2. C. Harwood
3. S. Hanton
4. Laura E. Wolfenden
5. N. Holt
6. D. Collins
7. C. Wagstaff
8. Martin I. Jones

Citations in the corpus

• Using Ethnography in Applied Sport Psychology (2005, background): ““The ethnographic insider has the task of making the familiar seem strange in order to maintain analytical distance” whereas “the ethnographic outsider has the problem of making the strange seem familiar (Holt & Sparkes, 2001, p. 242).”
• Teamwork in sport: a theoretical and integrative review (2014, background): “…positive relationships between team cohesion and certain teamwork behaviors including team goal setting (Senecal, Loughead, & Bloom, 2007), cooperation (Prapavessis & Carron, 1997), intra-team communication (Holt & Sparks, 2001), and constructive conflict management (Sullivan & Feltz, 2001).”
• A Qualitative Study of Performance Leadership and Management in Elite Sport (2011, unknown): “As part of this process a critical friend questioned any interpretations made at each stage of the data analysis (Faulkner & Sparkes, 1999; Holt & Sparkes, 2001; Sparkes & Partington, 2003), particularly following any deductive reasoning that occurred.”
• Social psychology of exercise and sport (2005, unknown): “Swain and Jones (1992) and Hall and Kerr (1998) adopted approaches from competitive orientations and goal orientations pioneered by Gill and co-workers (Gill and Deeter 1988) and Duda and Nicholls (1992, see Chapter 5) respectively to explain the interpersonal antecedents of competitive state anxiet”
• Positive Organizational Psychology in Sport: An Ethnography of Organizational Functioning in a National Sport Organization (2012, background): “This has been supported by a steady increase in research illustrating the benefits of ethnography for exploring group dynamics (Holt & Sparkes, 2001), coach-athlete relationships (Poczwardowski, Barott, & Henschen, 2002), and coach roles (Gilbert & Trudel, 2004).”
• Talent Development in Elite Junior Tennis: Perceptions of Players, Parents, and Coaches (2005, methodology): “During data analysis the researchers engaged in a series of 45-minute meetings (n = 4) when they discussed coding decisions and the second author acted as ‘devil’s advocate’ asking questions about the first author’s interpretations (Holt & Sparkes, 2001).”
• Culture Change in Elite Sport Performance Teams: Examining and Advancing Effectiveness in the New Era (2012, background): “Indeed, among others, role clarity (Holt & Sparkes, 2001), sound coach-athlete relationships (Olympiou, Jowett, & Duda, 2008), optimal achievement goals (Heuzé, Sarrazin, Masiero, Raimbault, & Thomas, 2006), performance feedback (Noblet & Gifford, 2002), and goal-setting (Sénecal, Loughead, &…”
• Psychological Momentum within Competitive Soccer: Players' Perspectives (2008, background): “Holt and Sparkes (2001) stated that the BUSA competition is “highly prestigious for inter-university sport, pitting universities against each other first on a regional basis and then, for those who are successful, at a national level” (p 240).”