The study of negative relationships in teams has primarily focused on the impact of negative relationships on individual team member attitudes and performance in teams. The mechanisms and contingencies that can buffer against the damaging effects of negative relationships on team performance have received limited attention. Building on social interdependence theory and the multilevel model of t...

Elite sport is following in the footsteps of other human service industries with the flurried development of multidisciplinary support teams. It is increasingly common for elite level teams to have several assistant coaches, team doctors (and medical specialist network), physiotherapists, physiologists, rehabilitation trainers, psychologists, and even more recently ACE (Athlete Career and Educa...

background: different studies have shown that inadequate and unbalanced intake of nutrients including micronutrient and macronutrient, have negative effects on exercise performance and optimal ability; besides, it decreases physical efficiency in athletes. the present study aimed to assess the nutritional status and body composition of female athletic students in isfahan university of medical s...

Mental illnesses are as prevalent among elite athletes as in the general population. Despite this, there is little research examining how to enhance mental health literacy or helping behaviors in elite sport environments. A Mental Health in Sport (MHS) workshop was therefore developed and its effects on mental health literacy and confidence studied in 166 coaches and support staff working with ...

the aim of this study was to examine the relationship between coaching self-efficacy and iran premier league wrestlers' sport commitment. the research method was descriptive-correlation. the wrestlers from 8 teams (n=120) including all wrestlers in iran premier league (2012) completed demographic questionnaire, coaching self-efficacy scale (feltz et al., 1999), and sport commitment questio...

We analyze a dynamic model of strategic interaction between the league organizing a professional sport, the teams playing the tournament organized by this league, and broadcasters competing for the rights to televise their matches. Teams and broadcasters maximize expected pro ̄ts, while the league's objective may be either to maximize the demand for the sport or to maximize the teams' joint pro ̄...

Sport and the Internet have shown early signs of a prosperous marriage. Web sites with sport content are among the most popular and well trafficked, with sport followers and web users sharing remarkably similar demographics. In the United States, the sport–Internet union is projected to generate US$6.27 billion in advertising revenue alone on sports-related web sites by 2005. Despite these comp...