Sport team culture: Investigating how vertical and horizontal communication influence citizenship behaviors via organizational commitment

Seungmo KIM*, Marshall Magnusen, Damon Andrew

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    Abstract

    The effects of vertical (coach-athlete) and horizontal (teammate-teammate) communication on athletes' affective commitment and organizational citizenship behaviors (OCB) were examined in this study. A total of340 intercollegiate student-athletes in Hong Kong China participated in the survey. The structural equation modeling (SEM) results supported partial mediating effects of team commitment between vertical communication and OCB. Horizontal communication was measured using four subscales: acceptance, distinctiveness, positive conflict, and negative conflict. Acceptance had direct and indirect effects on OCB via commitment whereas negative conflict had negative indirect effects on OCB via commitment. The positive conflict and distinctiveness subscales were not significant.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)398-418
    Number of pages21
    JournalInternational Journal of Sport Psychology
    Volume48
    Issue number4
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1 Jul 2017

    Scopus Subject Areas

    • Applied Psychology

    User-Defined Keywords

    • Interpersonal communication
    • Social exchange theory
    • Student-athletes

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