Tenure matters for team cohesion and performance: the moderating role of trust in the coach

António Cunha Meneses Abrantes (1, 2) , Merce Mach (3) , Aristides Isidoro Ferreira (4)

1 ICN Business School
2 CEREFIGE - Centre Européen de Recherche en Economie Financière et Gestion des Entreprises
3 University of Barcelona
4 ISCTE-IUL - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa

This study examines team performance as a function of team tenure, cohesion and trust in the coach. Specifically, we propose a moderated-mediation model to explain whether it translates into an objective measure of future team performance.

Mots clés: Affective trust in the coach; cognitive trust in the coach; team cohesion; objective future performance; moderated-mediation

Domaines: Sciences de l'Homme et Société; Gestion et management

António Cunha Meneses Abrantes, Merce Mach, Aristides Isidoro Ferreira. Tenure matters for team cohesion and performance: the moderating role of trust in the coach. European Sport Management Quarterly, 2020, pp.1-22. ⟨10.1080/16184742.2020.1784247⟩. ⟨hal-02972670⟩