Defining and characterizing team resilience in elite sport
By Paul Morgan, D. Fletcher, Mustafa Sarkar. 2013
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Objectives The objectives of this study were to develop a definition of team resilience and to identify the resilient characteristics of elite sport teams. Design and method Focus groups consisting of a total of 31 participants were conducted with five elite teams from a range of sports. An interpretive thematic analysis using inductive and deductive reasoning was employed to analyze the data. Results and conclusions Team resilience was defined as a dynamic, psychosocial process which protects a group of individuals from the potential negative effect of the stressors they collectively encounter. It comprises of processes whereby team members use their individual and combined resources to positively adapt when experiencing adversity. Findings revealed four main resilient characteristics of elite sport teams: group structure, mastery approaches, social capital, and collective efficacy. This study extends resilience research in sport psychology by providing greater conceptual clarity of resilience at a team level. The implications of the findings for those conducting research in this area and for those consulting with elite sport teams are discussed.
Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
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- Interaction of athletes' resilience and coaches' social support on the stress-burnout relationship: A conjunctive moderation perspective (2016, background): “Empirical sport stress research provides one approach to this issue by suggesting that resilient athletes can adapt well even when encountering adversities and stressors (Fletcher & Sarkar, 2013; Galli & Gonzalez, 2014; Sarkar & Fletcher, 2013, 2014; Sarkar, Fletcher,& Brown, 2015).”
- Mental fortitude training: An evidence-based approach to developing psychological resilience for sustained success (2016, background): “…is the way that the individuals’ collective qualities (e.g., defined roles and responsibilities, group goal commitment and alignment, nurtured supportive and caring relationships, strong belief in one another) are harnessed in which every member of the team can thrive (Morgan et al., 2013, 2015).”
- Psychological resilience in sport: A review of the literature and implications for research and practice (2015, background): “In the first and only investigation of team resilience to date, Morgan et al. (2013) conducted group interviews with five elite teams to better understand how teams are able to positively adapt to adversity as a collective.”
- Workplace team resilience: A systematic review and conceptual development (2020, background): “Team members may help each other to maintain confidence, help to coordinate tasks according to individual resources, and provide information or ideas to generate solutions for adverse events (Morgan et al., 2013; Sims & Salas, 2007).”
- Teamwork in sport: a theoretical and integrative review (2014, background): “Rather, they are dynamic, evolving over time through developmental processes as well as episodic cycles (as shown in Figure 1; Mathieu et al., 2008, Morgan et al., 2013).”
- Understanding team resilience in the world's best athletes: A case study of a rugby union World Cup winning team. (2015, methodology): “Therefore, to further our understanding of team resilience 4 processes in elite sport, narrative inquiry is an appropriate method to explore team members’ 5 interpretations of meaning during challenging situations that they collectively encounter (cf. 6 Morgan et al., 2013).”