Believing in "Us": Exploring leaders' capacity to enhance team confidence and performance by building a sense of shared social identity

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 89-100

  Fransen, Katrien ^a   Alexander Haslam, S ^b   Steffens, Niklas K ^b   Vanbeselaere, Norbert ^a   De Cuyper, Bert ^a   Boen, Filip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Athlete leaders; Collective efficacy; Social identity approach; Sport psychology; Team identification

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ATHLETE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BASKETBALL; CHILD; EMOTION; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPORTS PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ATHLETES; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BASKETBALL; CHILD; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGY, SPORTS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 84925668832     PISSN: 1076898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/xap0000033     Document Type: Article

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