Upsetting the apple cart: Within-team profiles of intragroup conflict and their associations with narcissism

Different types of intragroup conflict (i.e., relationship, task, and process conflict) co-exist in team environments yet how this co-existence is expressed poorly understood, particularly sports teams. Further, there a lack knowledge surrounding the antecedents conflict. Here, we examined nature profiles teams investigated narcissism as an antecedent to profiles. In large, multi-group sample (n = 1107 athletes from 109 teams), participants completed measures narcissism. Team-level latent profile analysis variables indicated five distinct within-team which varied patterns Moreover, high (both terms mean maximum scores) were more likely occupy dysfunctional profiles, that all types. These findings underscore importance considering within provide first evidence for contributing factor development groups.