Examining the Relationship between Team Cohesion, Comparative Anxiety and Self-Confidence among Ethiopian Basketball Teams

One of the most constantly studied constructs in group dynamic research is cohesiveness. Indeed it refers to two main construct namely task and social cohesion. Since organizations become increasingly depend on group cohesiveness to strive for better performance, these two construct (social and task cohesion) had consistency effect on the performance as suggested in many studies. The main purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships between task cohesion (ATG-T and GI-T), Self-Confidence Inventory (SCI), competitive state anxiety (A-State), and also if there would be a relation between cohesion and self-confidence. The sample consisted of 60 basketball players of both genders, male and female from 4 different clubs, aged between 19-26 years old.  The data for cohesion were abstained and measured using Portuguese version of the Group Environment Questionnaire (GEQ), and to assess competitive anxiety, we used the Portuguese version of the Competitive State Anxiety Inventory (SCAT). The results show that female athletes report experiencing more cognitive anxiety and less self-confidence than male athletes. Only cognitive anxiety relates in a significantly negative way with the perception of cohesion (GI-T, ATG-T) in the total number of participants and in male athletes. Relatively to the Somatic anxiety, it only relates negatively with the perception of the integration of the group in the total number of participants and in the male gender. Keywords: Cohesion, Anxiety, Self-confidence, basketbal

Investigating the Relationship between Team Cohesion and Self-Presentation among Different Competitive Team Sports of Ethiopian Universities

One of the most constantly studied constructs in team dynamic research is cohesiveness, because it’s not only associated with group level outcomes such as performance but also with individuals outcomes.  Self-presentation involves the selective presentation of particular characteristics of oneself that would make  the desired impression on others. The main purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between  self-presentation and team cohesion among different competitive team sports of Ethiopian Universities. It is the hypothesis that high cohesion would be associated with low self-presentational concerns. The sample  consisted of 108 athletes (68 male, 40 female) from 11 different universities among 33, with the average of 20.94 ± 1.95 years of age, using random sampling technique. The data was obtained using Group  Environmental Questionnaire (GEQ), Self-presentation in Sport Questionnaire (SPSQ) and the Sport Anxiety  Scale (SAS) for team cohesion, self-presentation and competitive anxiety, respectively. The findings show  that the task and social cohesion are negatively related to self-presentational concerns in sports, explaining 4% of variance, which means higher perceptions of cohesion, are associated with low self-presentational  concerns.Keywords: Team cohesion, Self-presentation, Competitive anxiety, Team sports, Ethiopia

The mediating role of organizational structure in the relationship between organizational culture and good sport governance in selected Ethiopian Olympic sports federations

The purpose of this study was to examine the mediating role of organizational structure in the relationship between organizational culture and good sport governance in selected Ethiopian Olympic sports federations. The cross-sectional survey design was employed to collect data through a structured questionnaire from 265 respondents randomly selected from six sports federations. The validity and reliability of the involved measures were examined through confirmatory factor, Cronbach’s alpha, and correlation analyses. A structural equation modeling analysis with maximum likelihood estimation was conducted to test the relationships among the research variables using SPSS AMOS 23.0. The results indicate that (1) organizational structure significantly mediates the influence of organizational culture on good sport governance (B=.16, P.05), and (3) organizational structure also has a significant direct effect on good sport governance (B =.20, t-value =4.30, p <.001). Hence, the findings of this study signify the need for a fit between culture and structure to tailor the beliefs, values, and attitudes of organizational members through the optimally framed organizational structure to good sport governance implementation in the surveyed sports federations.</p